| Main Entry: | moor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anchor, fasten securely |
Synonyms: |
berth, catch, chain, dock, fix, lash, make fast, picket, secure, tether, tie, tie up |
| Notes: | heath derives from Germanic for 'untilled land, open country' and originally the word 'heath' was used to denote any of the small northern and western European plants that grew on moorland, open woodland, or poor soil; a heath has sandy soil and a moor has peaty soil - but both are relatively barren tracts covered with shrubs |
Antonyms: |
loose, push off, unhitch |
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, be held securely |
Synonyms: |
attach, berth, catch, dock, drop, fasten, fix, imbed, make port, moor, plant, secure, stay, tie, tie up |
Antonyms: |
detach, let go, loosen, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, secure |
Synonyms: |
adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke |
Antonyms: |
free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | chain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manacle in metal |
Synonyms: |
attach, bind, confine, connect, enslave, fetter, handcuff, hold, moor, restrain, shackle, tether, tie up, trammel |
| Main Entry: | dock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | land on the waterfront |
Synonyms: |
anchor, berth, drop anchor, hook up, join, link up, moor, put in, rendezvous, tie up, unite |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
Antonyms: |
set sail, ship out |
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
Synonyms: |
authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, settle, stabilize, start, start ball rolling, station, stick |
Antonyms: |
destroy, disestablish, invalidate, ruin, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
Synonyms: |
adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, freeze to, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, infix, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make firm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make firm |
Synonyms: |
affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, freeze to, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, infix, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie |
Antonyms: |
change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | hitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
Synonyms: |
attach, chain, connect, couple, harness, hook, lash, make fast, moor, strap, tether, tie, unite, yoke |
Antonyms: |
disjoin, unchain, unfasten, unhitch, unlock |
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level land |
Synonyms: |
champaign, expanse, field, flat, flatland, grassland, heath, level, meadow, moor, moorland, open country, plateau, prairie, steppe, tundra |