morse

C1 Topic:Communication

US /ˈmɔːɹs/ UK /mɔːs/ See IPA manual

Freq #8864

Meanings

1

noun
Morse code, a system representing letters and numbers by sequences of short and long signals

The operator sent the distress message in Morse.
2

verb
to transmit a message by Morse code

The radio officer Morsed the ship's position to the coast station.
3

noun
historical: an ornamental clasp or brooch fastening the front of an ecclesiastical cope

A gold morse fastened the embroidered cope across the priest's chest.
4

noun
archaic: a walrus

The sailors' account called the great tusked animal a morse.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · morse code, a system... Morse code

2 verb · to transmit a message by... telegraph signal

3 noun · historical: an ornamental... cope claspvestment clasp

4 noun · archaic: a walrus walrus

Word family

Derived forms MorsedMorsing

Related forms telegraphySamuel Morsecope clasp

Etymology

The code sense commemorates American inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. The ecclesiastical clasp comes through Old French mors from Latin morsus, 'bite,' for something that grips. The archaic walrus sense has a separate, uncertain northern European origin related to words such as Russian morzh.

Topics

Communication

External links

# morse

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɔːɹs/
**IPA (UK):** /mɔːs/
**Frequency rank:** 8864

## Meanings
1. Morse code, a system representing letters and numbers by sequences of short and long signals
2. to transmit a message by Morse code
3. historical: an ornamental clasp or brooch fastening the front of an ecclesiastical cope
4. archaic: a walrus

## Examples
- The operator sent the distress message in Morse.
- The radio officer Morsed the ship's position to the coast station.
- A gold morse fastened the embroidered cope across the priest's chest.
- The sailors' account called the great tusked animal a morse.

## Synonyms
- Morse code
- cope clasp
- walrus

## Derived Forms
- Morsed
- Morsing

## Related Forms
- telegraphy
- Samuel Morse
- cope
- clasp

## Etymology
The code sense commemorates American inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. The ecclesiastical clasp comes through Old French mors from Latin morsus, 'bite,' for something that grips. The archaic walrus sense has a separate, uncertain northern European origin related to words such as Russian morzh.

## Topics
- Communication

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