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mooring up

mooring up is the present participle and gerund of moor up.

Meaning of moor up

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.

Questions about mooring up

What is mooring up the present participle and gerund of?
Mooring up is the present participle and gerund of moor up.

Words near mooring up in the dictionary

  1. mooring lines
  2. mooring post
  3. mooring posts
  4. mooring ring
  5. mooring rings
  6. mooring up
  7. mooringpost
  8. mooringposts
  9. moorings
  10. moorish
  11. Moorish Arabic

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