Morse

See also: morse and morsë

English

Samuel Morse, the inventor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː(ɹ)s/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Morse

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. The Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, a rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa.
   3. A village in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
   4. Two townships in Minnesota.
   5. A census-designated place in Hansford County, Texas.
   6. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
   7. An unincorporated community in the town of Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Morse code
• Morse function
• Morse key
• Morse theory

Noun

Morse (uncountable)

1. Clipping of Morse code.

   We sent a message in Morse.

Translations

Morse code — see Morse code

Verb

Morse (third-person singular simple present Morses, present participle Morsing, simple past and past participle Morsed)

1. (transitive) To transmit by Morse code.
   • 2014, W. B. Bartlett, The Night of the Dam Busters:

     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 […]

Translations

to transmit by Morse code

• Finnish: morsettaa (fi)

Anagrams

• s'more, moser, meros, somer, smore, Somer, moers, Moser, omers, mores, mesor, Romes, Mores