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1. (verb) to be smooth, bald, bare.

Kokoti ai ngā wāhine o Te Makororo i ō rātou makawe koromengemenge kia poto rawa, moremore ana tēnā! (TWMNT 10/5/1874:109). / The Makololo women cut their curly hair very short, they looked bald!

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Synonyms: rake, pākira, porohewa, hohore, hore, horehore, tāmoremore, hewa, tāmore, marake, more, māmore, monemone, māmori, mārakerake


2. (modifier) smooth, bald, bare.

Kia ara ōu kanohi ki ngā pukepuke moremore (PT Heremaia 3:2). / Lift up thine eyes unto the high places.

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3. (noun) bareness, baldness.

Heoi ko te karangatanga a te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano, i taua rā ki te tangi, ki te auē, ki te moremore, ki te whītiki i te kākahu taratara (PT Ihaia 22:12). / And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

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