moors

VERB

anchor, fasten securely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dock tether tie up

STRONG

berth catch chain fix lash picket secure tie

WEAK

make fast

Antonyms

STRONG

let go loose loosen lose unfasten untie

WEAK

push off unhitch

Example Sentences

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Instead, the experimental units can be plants, plots of land, fields, moors, forests, or oceans.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Across its cliffs, moors and harbours, Cornwall continues to inspire creativity just as powerfully as it did for Graham, Woolf, du Maurier and Thompson.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Cathy befriends young Heathcliff after her rich, alcoholic father brings him to live and work as a servant on their estate perched atop the windy English moors.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Matt Gibson, 52, moors his sage-green houseboat, bedecked with plants, on the Regent's Canal near central London.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

There is the mean little hut on the moors, the hard work on the heath from morning till night in the heat, the miserable pay, the dirty labourer’s clothes.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque