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Morse¹

  • /ˈmɔː(ɹ)s/

proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice.
  2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after inventor Samuel Morse.
  3. A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165.
  4. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa.
  6. A village in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
  7. Two townships in Minnesota.
  8. A census-designated place in Hansford County, Texas.
  9. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
  10. An unincorporated community in the town of Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin.

noun

  1. abbreviation, clipping, uncountable Clipping of Morse code We sent a message in Morse.

verb Morses · Morsing · Morsed

  1. transitive To transmit by Morse code. It was Gibson who was right. Code 78A was Morsed back to Grantham – 'bomb despatched and hit wall but no breach observed'. No doubt the wording of Operation Chastise's operation order now started to hit home […]

morse²

  • /mɔːs/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔːs

Where it comes from

From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).

noun morses

  1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.

morse³

  • /mɔːs/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔːs

Where it comes from

Uncertain, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Sami *moršë. Compare Russian морж (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later), and possibly the second element of translingual Rosmarus.

noun morses

  1. obsolete Synonym of walrus. The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]

    Similar: walrus

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: morse code, fairbanks, naranjo, theiss, karr, walrus, morris, ferry, odobenus, pinniped, tusker, odobenid, maurice, moris, morriss, morr

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@misc{morse_2026,
  title = {morse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}