moored

2 definitions found

moored - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Moor \Moor\ (m[=oo]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moored (m[=oo]rd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie,
     fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.]
     1. (Naut.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham.
        [1913 Webster]

moored - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "moored":
     aground, anchored, caught, chained, fast, fastened, fixed,
     grounded, held, high and dry, impacted, inextricable, jammed,
     packed, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, tethered, tied, transfixed,
     wedged