Meaning & use
moored
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Secured in place, especially a boat tied by ropes or anchored to a fixed point.
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Several sailboats sat moored in the quiet harbor.
By dawn, the ferry was already moored at the dock.
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Comes from the verb 'moor'; used figuratively too, as in 'firmly moored beliefs,' meaning steady and well-anchored.
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anchoredtied up
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