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Webster 1913 Edition


Unmoor

Un-moor′

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Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
moor
.]
(Naut.)
(a)
To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors.
(b)
To loose from anchorage. See
Moor
,
Verb.
T.

Un-moor′

,
Verb.
I.
To weigh anchor.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unmoor

UNMOOR'

,
Verb.
T.
1.
In sea language, to bring to the state of riding with a single anchor, after having been moored by two or more cables.
2.
To loose from anchorage.

Definition 2024


unmoor

unmoor

English

Verb

unmoor (third-person singular simple present unmoors, present participle unmooring, simple past and past participle unmoored)

  1. (transitive) To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat).
    • 2007 August 2, Ellen Barry, “U.S. Halts Heating Oil Deliveries by Two Companies Accused of Swindling”, in New York Times:
      “It would’ve taken him a half-hour to unmoor the boat.”