Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mining, obstructed with rubbish or mud; silted up.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
moor .
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Examples
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Shrimp boats remain moored in the Port of Beaumont on Monday, September 26.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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Shrimp boats remain moored in the Port of Beaumont on Monday, September 26.
Shrimp boats 2005
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The seine was then moored, that is, secured by grappling hooks.
Michael Penguyne Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Instead, we found the remains of 14 ancient ships "moored" in the desert, miles from the Nile.
Moored in the Desert 2001
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"moored" or anchor semi-submersible rigs owned by four drilling contractors.
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"moored" or anchor semi-submersible rigs owned by four drilling contractors.
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Though the rise of the Brisbane river had been predicted for many days, owners left their boats on the river, some of them moored to pontoons, which were themselves ripped from their moorings.
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Mobile homes are lighter than typical structures and often aren't permanently moored to the ground.
Mobile-Home Deaths Raise Issue of Safety Jennifer Levitz 2011
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A must-see for canal boat fans, it has many historic narrowboats moored in the basin.
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After about 40 minutes, we moored at the jetty of a quaint little town called Oron, which used to serve as a ferry terminal in the colonial days when roads shared their burden with the great rivers.
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