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mooring
 
Noun mooring has 2 senses
  1. mooring, moorage, berth, slip - a place where a craft can be made fast
    --1 is a kind of anchorage, anchorage ground
    Derived form: verb moor1
  2. mooring, mooring line - (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
    --2 is a kind of line
    --2 has particulars: headfast
    Derived form: verb moor3
Verb moor has 3 senses
  1. moor, berth, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
    --1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
    Derived form: noun mooring1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. moor, berth, wharf - come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
    --2 is one way to dock
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. moor - secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
    --3 is one way to     fasten, fix, secure
    Derived forms: noun moorage3, noun mooring2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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