moor

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
2. 2
   A game preserve consisting of moorland.
3. 3
   A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
4. 4
   A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
5. 5
   A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
6. 6
   A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
7. 7
   A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

Verb

1. 1
   To cast anchor or become fastened.
2. 2
   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.
3. 3
   To secure or fix firmly.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname: A surname from Irish.
2. 2
   A surname: An English surname transferred from the given name.