Past tense of moor
regular verb
The past tense of moor is moored. The past participle is also moored.
Forms of moor
| Base form (V1) | moor /mʊə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | moored |
| Past participle (V3) | moored |
| Present participle | mooring |
| Third person singular | moors |
Moored in a sentence
- The vessel moored in the stream.
- They moored the boat to the wharf.
- Two ro-ros are moored in the bay.From the entry ro-ro
- All the fleet was moored up in harbour.From the entry moor up
- The stardock is moored to the bottom but not attached to the shore.2002, Capt. Rick Rhodes, Cruising Guide from Lake Michigan to Kentucky Lake: The Heartland Rivers Route. From the entry stardock
Meaning of moor
- noun An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.).
- noun A game preserve consisting of moorland.
- verb To cast anchor or become fastened.
Questions about the past tense of moor
- What is the past tense of moor?
- The past tense of moor is moored.
- What is the past participle of moor?
- The past participle of moor is moored.
- Is moor a regular or irregular verb?
- Moor is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: moor (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of moor.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/moor. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.