Mooring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of making fast an aircraft or a vessel, as by a cable or anchor.
  • n. A place or structure to which a vessel or aircraft can be moored.
  • n. Equipment, such as anchors or chains, for holding fast a vessel or an aircraft.
  • n. Elements providing stability or security. Often used in the plural: lost their emotional moorings during the war.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of moor.
  • n. A place to moor a vessel
  • n. The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
  • n. Something to which one adheres to, or the means that help one maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.
  • n. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
  • n. The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Nautical:
  • n. The act of securing a ship or boat in a particular place by means of anchors, etc.
  • n. Mostly in the plural, that by which a ship is confined or secured, as the anchors, chains, and bridles laid athwart the bottom of a river or harbor: as, she lay at her moorings. Hence, generally
  • n. That to which anything is fastened, or by which it is held.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
  • n. a place where a craft can be made fast
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    berthage    moor   
    Verb Stem
    moor   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    During    Turing    alluring    assuring    curing    during    enduring    ensuring    insuring    luring   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anchorage    s-curve