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Definitions for Mooring

[1] the act of a person or thing that moors.
[2] Usually moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored.
[3] moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored.
[4] Usually moorings. one's stability or security: After the death of his wife he lost his moorings.
[5] to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.
[6] to fix firmly; secure.
[7] to moor a ship, small boat, etc.
[8] to be made secure by cables or the like.
[9] the act of mooring.
[10] a place for mooring a vessel
[11] a permanent anchor, dropped in the water and equipped with a floating buoy, to which vessels can moor
[12] a member of a Muslim people of North Africa, of mixed Arab and Berber descent. In the 8th century they were converted to Islam and established power in North Africa and Spain, where they established a civilization (756–1492)
[13] a tract of unenclosed ground, usually having peaty soil covered with heather, coarse grass, bracken, and moss
[14] to secure (a ship, boat, etc) with cables or ropes
[15] (of a ship, boat, etc) to be secured in this way
[16] (not in technical usage) a less common word for anchor (def. 11)

Words related to Mooring

berth, wharf, harbor, anchorage, dock, station, marina, pier, port

Words nearby Mooring

moore's law, moore, henry, moorfowl, moorhead, moorhen, mooring, mooring buoy, mooring mast, mooring rack, mooring screw, moorings

Origin of Mooring

21485–95; earlier more, akin to Old English mǣrels- in mǣrelsrāp rope for mooring a ship; see marline

Word origin for Mooring

C15: of Germanic origin; related to Old English mǣrelsrāp rope for mooring

Synonyms for Mooring

anchorage, berth, dock, harbor, marina, pier, port, station, wharf