moored
Secured at harbor
Moored means secured in place, typically of a boat fastened to a dock, buoy, or anchor: The sailboat was moored at the marina.
The figurative sense suggests being anchored or fixed: She felt moored to her hometown by family obligations.
Something unmoored has come loose or lost its grounding.
Secures ships to seabed
- berthSleeping space on transport
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- jettyStructure extending into water
wharf · marina · quay · bollard · cleat · hawser · buoy · anchorage
Joined or held together
anchored · bound · attached · fixed · secured · hitched · staked · chained
Kept from harm
- safeFree from peril
- secureProtected from harm
- harboredGave protective concealment
- berthedBrought to dock
tucked · ensconced · nestled · cradled · shielded · snug · calm · tranquil
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- berthSleeping space on transport
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- pierWaterfront landing structure
jetty · wharf · marina · quay · bollard · cleat · hawser · buoy · anchorage · slip
fastened
Joined or held together
roped · anchored · bound · attached · fixed · secured · hitched · staked · chained · cabled
protected
Kept from harm
berthed · tucked · ensconced · nestled · cradled · shielded · snug · calm · tranquil · peaceful
grounded
Stable and realistic
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- rootedFirmly established in place
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
stable · centered · settled · secure · unwavering · firm · steady · balanced · resolute · dependable
still
Unmoving, or continuing
fixed · settled · planted · stationed · parked · grounded · rooted · becalmed · at rest · idle
- boat descriptorsseaworthy, sailing, motorized, anchored, docked
- boundbound, tied, restrained, confined, restricted
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- motion statesmoving, stationary, in motion, at rest, still
- stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
- positionedplaced, positioned, situated, located, set
mooredadrift
Floating without control
unmoored · drifting · untethered · cast off · unanchored
mooredunmoored
Released from anchorage
adrift · untethered · rootless · anchorless · unanchored
- wild moors
- mooring lineRope securing vessel dockside
- mooring buoyFloating tie-off point
- mooring postDock anchor point
- mooring ropeLine securing watercraft
- Yorkshire MoorsProtected English upland region
moor, mooring, moors, unmoored, moorage, moorings, mooring post