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moor up

moor up verb: to cast anchor or become fastened.

Verb

moor up (third-person singular simple present moors up, present participle mooring up, simple past and past participle moored up)

  1. (intransitive) To cast anchor or become fastened.
    • We have to moor up for the night.
  2. (transitive) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
    • All the fleet was moored up in harbour.

Forms of moor up

third-person singular presentmoors up
present participlemooring up
past participlemoored up
pastmoored up

Questions about moor up

What does moor up mean?
Moor up means to cast anchor or become fastened.
What part of speech is moor up?
Moor up is a verb.
What is the past tense of moor up?
The past tense of moor up is moored up.

Words near moor up in the dictionary

  1. moor macaques
  2. moor master
  3. Moor Monkton
  4. Moor Park
  5. Moor Row
  6. moor up
  7. moor-evil
  8. moor-ill
  9. moor-master
  10. moora
  11. Moorabbin

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