unmoor

[ uhn-moor ]

/ 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.

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Origin of unmoor

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

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How to use unmoor in a sentence

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
My trust in everything I thought I knew about myself came unmoored.
Speak, Faulty Memory: Why Memoir Writing Is Harder Than You Think|Dave Bry|April 3, 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 flag-ship being now daily expected, we unmoored, and came down to Macào, awaiting her arrival in the outer Roads.
Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas|W. Hastings Macaulay
At last the welcome boat was seen coming from the shore; we unmoored, and went ahead for about an hour.
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam'|Annie Allnut Brassey
They went on board at once; and having unmoored, they sailed to the southeast after the falcon.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII|Various
He presently reached the river, unmoored his boat, and with the aid of a strong current soon reached his home.
Memoirs of Orange Jacobs|Orange Jacobs
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

British Dictionary definitions for unmoor

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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