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Deepuji Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
What is meant by "moorings" here.I can't understand at all
1.They lost their emotional moorings during the war.
2.He has shed his secular moorings.
Thank you.
1.They lost their emotional moorings during the war.
2.He has shed his secular moorings.
Thank you.
Top answer
To moor a boat is to anchor it or tie it to a dock. Moorings are the place where a boat is moored, or the ropes, chains, anchors etc. by which it is moored.
- To moor a boat is to anchor it or tie it to a dock.
- Moorings are the place where a boat is moored, or the ropes, chains, anchors etc.
- by which it is moored.
- When a boat leaves its moorings it can float away, go to new places, leave behind the familiar and secure place it called home.
- Moorings is used metaphorically here to mean that they were no longer tied to old things; things changed for them because there was no longer an "anchor" to hold them as before.
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To moor a boat is to anchor it or tie it to a dock. Moorings are the place where a boat is moored, or the ropes, chains, anchors etc. by which it is moored. When a boat leaves its moorings it can float away, go to new places, leave behind the familiar and secure place it called home. Moorings is used metaphorically here to mean that they were no longer tied to old things; things changed for them
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