Definition of "moor"

An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath  quotations  examples

A game preserve consisting of moorland.  examples

(intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.  examples

(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.  examples

(transitive) To secure or fix firmly.  examples