unmoor

[ uhn-moo r ]

/ ʌnˈmʊər /

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verb (used with object)

to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.

to bring to the state of riding with a single anchor after being moored by two or more.

verb (used without object)

(of a vessel) to become unmoored.

Nearby words

unmitre, unmixed, unmoderated, unmold, unmolested, unmoor, unmoral, unmortise, unmoved, unmoved mover, unmoving

Origin of unmoor

First recorded in 1490–1500, unmoor is from the Middle English word unmooren. See un-², moor²

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Examples from the Web for unmoored

Millennials are “unmoored from institutions,” gasped Pew Research recently.
Rand Paul is Politically Divergent. And So He Must Be Stopped.|Nick Gillespie|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The idea of the city was much more alluring than the city itself on a rainy, unmoored day.
Writers on Their Difficult—And Not So Difficult—Break-Ups with New York City||October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If we are unmoored from the Constitution, then what are we onto?
Radio’s Mark Levin Might Be the Most Powerful Conservative You Never Heard Of|David Freedlander|October 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As a result, our modern gun-rights ideology is often unmoored from any sense of corresponding civic obligation.
Gun-Rights Advocates Should Fear History of Second Amendment|Saul Cornell|December 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The Moloch was then unmoored, and took up its position stationary at a height of 1000 feet with absolute precision.
The Secret of the League|Ernest Bramah
She thus spoke; Ulysses unmoored his bark; the South winds bore away her unavailing words together with his sails.
Remedia A Moris or, The Remedy Of Love|Ovid
Perhaps, on the other hand, these wardens did not care to shout a final notice that the boat was now unmoored.
An Ambitious Woman|Edgar Fawcett
We were soon ready for sea; and unmoored about eight o'clock, the wind chopping about to the east.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
I ran in all haste to the beach, and unmoored a boat that lay alongside.
Harper's Magazine, Vol III, June 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for unmoored

unmoor

/ (ʌnˈmʊə, -ˈmɔː) /

verb nautical

to weigh the anchor or drop the mooring of (a vessel)

(tr) to reduce the mooring of (a vessel) to one anchor

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unmoor

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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Examples from the Web for unmoored

British Dictionary definitions for unmoored

unmoor

verb nautical