Definition of moor

• n. - One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
• n. - Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.
• n. - An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
• n. - A game preserve consisting of moorland.
• v. t. - To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.
• v. t. - Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
• v. i. - To cast anchor; to become fast.