moored

verb

past tense of moor
as in fastened
to put securely in place or in a desired position moored the boat to the dock

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Recent Examples of moored This summer alone, David Geffen’s 82-room Rising Sun has been moored there, with Kris Jenner, Pedro Pascal, Courteney Cox, and Jennifer Aniston among those spotted aboard. — Alice Lindsell, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026 The former head of the Damietta Port Authority, Major General Ayman Salah, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that the regasification ship was moored next to the LNG tanker in the harbour. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026 The International Maritime Organization says there are still roughly 6,000 seafarers and around 500 ships moored in the Persian Gulf behind the strait. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 For almost seven years, the vessel remained moored in Trapani under government custody with little opportunity for maintenance. — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026 By the time Noe and his sons were back home and had moored the boat to their wharf on the narrow pass that separated Cheniere Disparue from the mainland, the last low clouds of the front hung over the Gulf. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 This week, according to public data, Breakthrough is moored off the Costa Smeralda in northeastern Sardinia, near Porto Cervo. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026 At the modern port in the Christian quarter of Tyre, small wooden tourist and fishing boats were moored to the docks. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moored
  1. fastened
  2. secured
  3. anchored
  4. clamped
  5. hitched
Verb
  • The screaming engine bounced under a rusty white hood that appeared to be fastened in place by a bungee cord.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 July 2026
  • The memorial has a bronze marker fastened to the marble wall.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of fastened
Verb
  • Barboza, who hadn't secured a win since October 2023 and had taken significant damage in recent bouts, laid his gloves down in the octagon.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Glasner was also interested in Diomande at Crystal Palace, and has now secured his services to complete his back-three formation at the City Ground.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of secured
Verb
  • Across the country, immigrants have stayed home from work, kept children out of school and avoided stores, churches and other places that once anchored daily life.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran earlier this week.
    — Amin Khodadadi, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of anchored
Verb
  • Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • His supporters have clamped their mouths tighter than the federal budget for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of clamped
Verb
  • Looks like an entire orbital launchpad could be hitched to a semi-truck and driven anywhere on Earth, thanks to space launch provider Rocket Lab.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Before getting hitched to Greenstein, Porizkova was married to musician Ric Ocasek.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 July 2026
Definition of hitched

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