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Meanings of moor in English

Portuguese
páramo
Catalan
erm
Spanish
páramo
Wikidata

Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss.

páramo
Spanish
atracar
Catalan
atracar

Come into or dock at a wharf.

atracar
Usage of moor in English
1
Bonny bird; wheeling over our heads in the middle of the moor.
Hearts of Controversy
2
They sat down on the side of the moor in the heather.
Mary Olivier: a Life
3
The wind swept in fainter and fainter gusts across the dreary moor.
Man and Wife
4
The view on the moor was fast disappearing in mist and darkness.
Man and Wife
5
Follow the path over the moor, and the sheep-track up the hill.
Man and Wife
6
They marched off towards the moor with the swords in their hands.
The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said
7
At the end of the rocky moor was the hamlet of Frelin.
The Story of a Child
8
Sylvia leaned back in her chair and glanced appreciatively at the moor.
Ranching for Sylvia
9
Reuben proceeded up the lane to the gate leading to the moor.
The History of David Grieve
10
Only out over the moor the mysterious light still danced and moved.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
11
They left the moor and were on the road leading to Rafield.
Jeremy
12
The girls and Miss Norton took a short cut across the moor.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl
13
Only yesterday I saw one of the moor ponies wander into it.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
14
The little band had strolled into the heart of this waste moor.
Sketches of the Covenanters
15
Axl had tried to recall this detail that day on the moor.
The buried giant
16
The moor stretched out endlessly, and the woman walked on and on.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2
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Moor across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare