moss
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- Royaume-Uni//mɒs//
- États-Unis//mɔs//
- //mɑs//
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).
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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).
Another says you should tense your body, look up in the air, and think about cool moss.
- 2
A kind or species of such plants.
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familierAny alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
Spanish moss
Irish moss
club moss
- 4
A bog; a fen.
the mosses of the Scottish border
Loynton Moss
Étymologie
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.
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To become covered with moss.
An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
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To cover (something) with moss.
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argotA spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.
Bro, that moss was insane!
Étymologie
Named after Randy Moss, American football wide receiver known for making spectacular catches over defenders.
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argotTo make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.
You just got mossed!
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argotTo 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!
Formes
- pluriel
- mosses
- passé
- mossed
- participe passé
- mossed
- participe présent
- mossing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- mosses
moss · 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…
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