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moss

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Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).

Substantiv

  1. 1

    Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).

    Another says you should tense your body, look up in the air, and think about cool moss.

  2. 2

    A kind or species of such plants.

  3. 3

    umgangssprachlichAny alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.

    Spanish moss

    Irish moss

    club moss

  4. 4

    A bog; a fen.

    the mosses of the Scottish border

    Loynton Moss

Herkunft

From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“bog, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian möösk (“moss”), Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Alemannic German Mies (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss; lichen; marsh, swamp”), German and Luxembourgish Moos (“moss”), Low German Moss (“moss”), Danish mos (“moss”), mose (“bog; moor”), Faroese and Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Norwegian Bokmål mose (“moss”), Norwegian Nynorsk mose, Swedish mossa, mosse (“raised bog”); also Latin muscus (“moss”), Bulgarian мъх (măh, “moss”), Czech and Polish mech (“moss”), Macedonian мов (mov, “moss”), Russian and Ukrainian мох (mox, “moss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̀ховина, màhovina (“moss”), Slovak mach (“moss”), Slovene mah (“moss; raised bog; marsh; velvet; down, fluff”), Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ, “moss”). Doublet of mousse.

Verb

  1. 1

    To become covered with moss.

    An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.

  2. 2

    To cover (something) with moss.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    SlangA spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.

    Bro, that moss was insane!

Herkunft

Named after Randy Moss, American football wide receiver known for making spectacular catches over defenders.

Verb

  1. 1

    SlangTo make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.

    You just got mossed!

Verb

  1. 1

    SlangTo relax, chill out.

    Although I really shouldn't... I feel like cracking this stout and just mossing in the sun with a splif. Shit, maan. Its^([sic]) relaxation time!

Formen

Plural
mosses
Präteritum
mossed
Partizip II
mossed
Partizip I
mossing
3. Person Singular
mosses
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