Moor
51moor — [[t]mʊ͟ə(r)[/t]] moors, mooring, moored 1) N VAR A moor is an area of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather. [mainly BRIT] Colliford is higher, right up on the moors... Exmoor National Park… …
52moor — I UK [mʊə(r)] / UK [mɔː(r)] / US [mʊr] noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms moor : singular moor plural moors British * a large area of high land covered with grass, bushes, and heather, with soil that is not good for growing crops II UK… …
53moor — I [[t]mʊər[/t]] n. 1) geo a tract of open, peaty wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high altitudes where drainage is poor; heath 2) a tract of land preserved for game • Etymology: bef. 900; ME more, OE mōr; c. OSmōr, MD moer,… …
54Moor — das Moor, e (Mittelstufe) eine Landschaft mit feuchtem Boden, wo Torf entsteht Synonym: Torfmoor Beispiel: Wir haben uns im Moor verirrt. Kollokation: im Moor versinken …
55moor — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mor, from Old English mōr; akin to Old High German muor moor Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly British an expanse of open rolling infertile land 2. a boggy area; especially one that is peaty and dominated by… …
56moor — moor1 [ mur ] verb intransitive or transitive to stop a ship or boat from moving by fastening it to a place with ropes or by using an ANCHOR moor moor 2 [ mur ] noun count usually plural MAINLY BRITISH a large area of high land covered with grass …
57Moor — UK [mʊə(r)] / US [mʊr] noun [countable] Word forms Moor : singular Moor plural Moors a member of a group of Muslim people who lived in North Africa and who controlled southern Spain between the 8th and 15th centuries …
58Moor — Der Moor hat seine Schuldigkeit gethan. – Herbert, 244. Witzwort der in Marienbads Moorbädern Geheilten. Es heisst a.a.O.: »Gross ist die Zahl der Gelähmten, Gichtbrüchigen, durch Schuss und andere Wunden Verletzten, welche in jedem Sommer nach… …
59moor — 1. noun /mɔɹ,mʊ(ə)ɹ,mɔː,mʊə(ɹ)/ a) an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their… …
60Moor — Bruch, Morast, Ried, Sumpf[land]; (bes. nordd.): Fenn; (südd.): Filz, Mies; (südd., österr., schweiz.): Moos; (landsch.): Luch. * * * Moor,das:⇨Sumpf(1) MoorSumpf,Sumpfland,Ried,Bruch;landsch.:Fenn,Luch,Moos …
