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more (MOHR) (adjective)
Greater, additional, more than expected: Shelby and Terry were surprised that more visitors came to the gallery than they had expected.
more (MOHR) (adverb)
Referring to how a quantity or numbers become greater: Which is more, driving for three hours or driving for 120 minutes?
mower (MOHR) (noun)
A machine designed to cut grass and other tall standing plants: Ronald's summer job was to run the mower in the park every week to mow the lawn.
moor (MOOR) (noun)
1. When capitalized, one of the Arabic or Berber tribes which conquered and occupied Spain in the Eighth Century: The architecture of the home of the Moor was developed in Spain and it is still beautiful.
2. Boggy, infertile land typically covered with grasses: Eric walked across the moor when he was on a walking holiday in England.
2. Boggy, infertile land typically covered with grasses: Eric walked across the moor when he was on a walking holiday in England.
moor (MOOR) (verb)
To tie one's boat up at a dock: Carl will moor his canoe at his neighbor's dock.
Lucinda and Arthur wanted to go one more time to the art gallery; so, they rowed their boat across the river to moor it near the gallery gardens. They noticed that the lawn mower had been busy and the grass was cut; resulting in the gardens complimenting the Moor style architecture of the gallery.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group M; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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