morse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
    Morse code; international Morse code.
  2. noun United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
    Samuel Finley Breese Morse; Samuel F. B. Morse; Samuel Morse.

WordNet

Morse noun
Etymology
F. morse, Russ. morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf. Russ. more sea.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The walrus. See Walrus.
Morse noun
Etymology
L. morsus a biting, a clasp, fr. mordere to bite.
Definitions
  1. A clasp for fastening garments in front. Fairholt.

Webster 1913