synonyms of moor
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- moor Synonyms Synonyms campo, champaign, down (s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), llano, plain, pampa, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt)
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- Synonyms for deposition. noun dethroning, ousting. 1  removal star. 2  dismissal star. 3  ejection star. 4  displacement star. 5  degradation star. 6  overthrow star. 7  discharge star. 8  impeachment star.
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- 5 the killing of a large number of people thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death Synonyms of death bloodbath, butchery, carnage, massacre, holocaust, slaughter Words Related to death bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide, pogrom; assassination, execution
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- “aforementioned”: synonyms and related words: 1  above. 2  allusive. 3  bandy sth around. 4  bring. 5  citation. 6  come up. 7  cross-reference. 8  direct speech. 9  drag. 10  misquote. 11  passing. 12  pursuant. 13  quotation. 14  quote. 15  quote... 16  referent. 17  said. 18  touch. 19  touch on/upon sth. 20  undermentioned.
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When Black Men Ruled the World: 8 Things The Moors Brought to Europe As early as the Middle Ages, “Moors were commonly viewed as being mostly black or very swarthy, and hence the word is often used for negro,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The 16th century English playwright William Shakespeare used the word Moor as a synonym for African. His contemporary Christopher Marlowe also used African and Moor interchangeably. Arab writers further buttress the black identity of the Moors.
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- tapestry - definition and synonyms. Close. 90% of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. These words appear in red, and are graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent. Close. The thesaurus of synonyms and related words is fully integrated into the dictionary. Click on the thesaurus category heading under the button in an entry to see the synonyms and related words for that meaning.
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- 1 a broad area of level or rolling treeless country as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar Synonyms of moor campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), llano, plain, pampa, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt) Words Related to moor field, meadow; floodplain; bottom, bottomland, flat, lowland; plateau, table, tableland, upland
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- 1 to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord tied the newspapers into a bundle Synonyms band, bind, truss Related Words cinch, cord, rope, strap, thread, wire; gird, girt; lash, leash, tether; interlace, intertwine, interweave, lace; entangle, knot, snarl, tangle, twist; coil, wind Near Antonyms undo, unfasten, unlace, unlash, unloose, ...
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- “verity”: synonyms and related words: 1  a slice of life idiom. 2  actuality. 3  authenticity. 4  fact. 5  genuine. 6  home truth. 7  immediacy. 8  McCoy. 9  non-fiction. 10  practice. 11  real life. 12  slice. 13  the genuine article idiom. 14  the real McCoy. 15  the real thing 1. 16  the real world 2. 17  truism. 18  truth will out idiom. 19  veracity. 20  verisimilitude.
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moor Moor. 1. a member of any of the groups of North African Arabs and Berbers who ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula from the 8th century to 1492.
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- Nearby words of 'tapestries'. 1  taperstick. 2  taperwise. 3  tapescript. tapestries. 4  tapestry. tapestry 5  moth. 6  tapet. All ENGLISH words that begin with  'T'.
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- influence | synonyms: authority, birthright, charge, clout, cogency, command, commission, control, credential, domination, empowerment, enfranchisement, entitlement, faculty, force, kingship, license, mandate, mastery, might, mightiness, office, potency, power, powerfulness, precedence, prepotency, prerogative, prestige, primacy, privilege, puissance, punch, purview, rank, right, seniority, sovereignty, stature, steam, strength, superiority, sway, title, consequence, criticality ...
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- in a line or direction running from corner to corner made of fabric cut bias Synonyms athwart, crosswise, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, diagonally, kitty-corner (also catty-corner or catercorner or kitty-cornered or catty-cornered or catercornered), obliquely, transverselyRelated Words acrossNear Antonyms lengthwise, longitudinally.
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- Synonyms. 1  work together. 2  team up. 3  join forces. 4  cooperate. play ball.  participate.
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immediacy- definition and synonyms Blog. A must for anyone with an interest in the changing face of language. The Macmillan Dictionary blog explores English as it is spoken around the world today. Definition and synonyms of mooring from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Publishers Limited.
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- Full Definition of MOOR. 1. chiefly British: an expanse of open rolling infertile land. 2. : a boggy area; especially: one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges. See moor defined for English-language learners. See moor defined for kids.
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- 1 They rigged two mooring legs on the ship's fantail, consisting of anchors, chain and heavy cable attached to two buoys. 2  In addition to knitting, Johnson and a group of three women and one brave man meet several times a week in an empty space near the forecastle, the area of the ship where the anchor chains are stowed.oun. 1 A heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end: the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly [as modifier]: an anchor chain.
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- Etymology Variants of the term Moor have been used by many Europeans since ancient times as a general description for indigenous Africans. Contrary to popular belief, the term is not synonymous with Islamic or any specific Arab or African religion, civilization, or ethnicity.he English term Moor also meant Black in English dictionaries and encyclopaediae prior to the 20th century: - Moor meant negro or black-a-moor in A Dictionary of the English Language (1768) by Samuel Johnson-The Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1817) by John Wilkes lists moor as follows: [maurus, Lat.
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- Synonyms and Antonyms of shoal. a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow the shoals off Nantucket Island are famous as the final resting places of many ill-fated ships Synonyms ford, shallow(s) Related Words bank, bar, sandbank, sandbar, towhead Near Antonyms trench; abyss, deep, depth, gulf.
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- Full Definition of MOOR. 1. chiefly British: an expanse of open rolling infertile land. 2. : a boggy area; especially: one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges. See moor defined for English-language learners. See moor defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.
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Moors transitive. 1  To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower. 2  To fix in place; secure: a mailbox moored to the sidewalk with bolts. 3  To provide with an abiding emotional attachment: a politician moored to the family back home.
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- allies | synonyms: abettors, accomplices, assistants, colleagues, supporters, acquaintances, amigos, brethren, buddies, chums, classmates, companies, companions, comrades, confidants, cousins, co-workers, cronies, familiars, fellows, friends, mates, pals, partners, playmates, roommates, schoolmates, sisters, teammates, affiliates, associates, bands, collaborates, colludes, concurs, confederates, co-operates, dovetails, interlaces, intermeshes, interplays, intertwines, interweaves, meshes ...
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- falling short of a standard the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit Synonyms bastard, bush, bush-league, bad (also crumby), deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wack [slang], wanting, wretched, wrongRelated Words abysmal, ...
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Mooring (watercraft) Mooring is often accomplished using thick ropes called mooring lines or hawsers. The lines are fixed to deck fittings on the vessel at one end, and fittings on the shore, such as bollards, rings, or cleats, on the other end. Mooring requires cooperation between people on the pier and on a vessel.
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- Synonyms for tapestry: arras, tapis, abstract, abstraction, basting, batik, border, brocade, brush, carpet, chalk, charcoal, complexity, copy, corduroy, cotton, curtain, darning, decorate, drape, edging, embroidery, ermine
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mooring 1. theact of a person or thing that moors. 2. Usu., moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored. 3. moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored. 4. Usu., moorings. a source of stability or security: to lose one's moorings.