moored

[ moord ]

/ mʊərd /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for moored on Thesaurus.com

adjective

(of a ship, boat, dirigible, buoy, etc.) secured in a particular place, as by ropes, cables, or anchors: We relaxed on the dock at night, staring at the stars and listening to the ocean lapping against the moored boats.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of moor².

QUIZ

ALL IN FAVO(U)R OF THIS BRITISH VS. AMERICAN ENGLISH QUIZ

There's an ocean of difference between the way people speak English in the US vs. the UK. Are your language skills up to the task of telling the difference? Let's find out!

Question 1 of 7

True or false? British English and American English are only different when it comes to slang words.

true

false

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of moored

moor² + -ed² for the adjective sense; moor² + -ed¹ for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM moored

un·moored, adjective

Words nearby moored

moorage, moorbird, moorburn, moorcock, Moore, moored, Moore, Henry, Moore's law, moorfowl, moor grass, Moorhead

How to use moored in a sentence

Moor didn’t think to pursue asking Salerno to return the badge.
How the Police Bank Millions Through Their Union Contracts|by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press, and Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica|February 8, 2021|ProPublica
Friday morning at breakfast, travelers were buzzing in the elevators about why the ship was still moored instead of out at sea.
Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear|Carol McKinley|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes one can see up to a dozen mega-ships moored at the same time in Venice.
Italy’s Cruise Ship Disaster Has Highlighted the Threat the Ships Pose to Venice|Manfred Manera|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
VESSELS MOORED IN HARBOR: NINE BATTLESHIPS; THREE CLASS-B CRUISERS; THREE SEAPLANE TENDERS; SEVENTEEN DESTROYERS.
The Forgotten Crimes of Japan's Pearl Harbor Spy, Tadashi Morimura|Marc Wortman|December 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST

McIntyre was 32 years old when he took a job as an engineer on the Valhalla, a fishing trawler moored in Gloucester, Mass.
Whitey Bulger's Victim Speaks Out Against FBI|Rikki Klieman|November 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
She has seen pictures of her husband with bikini-clad babes on his yachts moored off Sardinia.
Basta! Berlusconi's Wife Bails|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When his eyes grew accustomed to his surroundings he made out the shape of a native boat moored beneath the wall.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Her chum came leaping up the hill behind her, having moored the canoe with one hitch.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
The Hope lay safely moored, with her ensign at the peak, and flying the distinguished flag of the firm.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
The vessel was securely moored, for she could not drag that great expanse of canvas through the seas.
The Chequers|James Runciman
"Floating" bridges are roadways carried on pontoons moored in a stream.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various