moor
/mɔː(r)/noun
उच्चारण मॉर
बंजर पहाड़ी मैदान
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[C, usually pl.]
a high open area of land that is not used for farming, especially an area covered with rough grass
बंजर पहाड़ी मैदान
- the Yorkshire moors
- Sheep wandered across the open moor as the mist came down.
- Walkers crossed the wild moor in thick mist.
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- Heather covers the moor in late summer.
- The bleak moor stretched for miles in every direction.
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to fasten a boat or ship to the land or to a fixed object
(नाव, जहाज़) बाँधना, लंगर डालना
- The boats were moored in the harbour.
- Radhika watched the fisherman moor his small boat to a wooden post.
- The sailors moored the ship at the quay before dawn.
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- We moored our boat near the village jetty.
- Several houseboats are moored along the lake.
Synonyms tie up anchor berth dock secure
Opposite cast off unmoor set sail
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?Which word?
Homonym: moor (open high land) and moor (tie up a boat).
Homonym: moor (खुली ऊँची भूमि) और moor (नाव बाँधना)।
Keep the ship words together: moor (tie up), anchor (drop a heavy weight to stop moving), berth (a place where a ship stays in a port), dock (bring a ship into a harbour).
जहाज़ के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: moor (बाँधना), anchor (रुकने के लिए भारी वज़न डालना, लंगर), berth (बंदरगाह में जहाज़ के रुकने की जगह), dock (जहाज़ को बंदरगाह में लाना)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Moor a boat, moorings (the ropes or place where a boat is tied).
Collocations: moor a boat, moorings (रस्सियाँ या जगह जहाँ नाव बँधी हो)।
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General knowledge
Also, the Moors were Muslim people from North Africa who ruled Spain in the Middle Ages.
Moors उत्तरी अफ़्रीका के मुस्लिम लोग थे जिन्होंने मध्य युग में स्पेन पर शासन किया।