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moss¹
- /mɒs/ UK
- /mɔs/ US
- /mɑs/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒs, -ɔːs
Where it comes from
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.
noun mosses
- 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.
- A kind or species of such plants.
- Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure. Spanish moss
- A bog; a fen. the mosses of the Scottish border
verb mosses · mossing · mossed
- To become covered with moss. An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
- To cover (something) with moss.
moss²
- /mɒs/ UK
- /mɔs/ US
- /mɑs/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒs, -ɔːs
Where it comes from
Named after Randy Moss, American football wide receiver known for making spectacular catches over defenders.
noun mosses
- A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball. Bro, that moss was insane!
verb mosses · mossing · mossed
- To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders. You just got mossed!
moss³
- /mɒs/ UK
- /mɔs/ US
- /mɑs/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒs, -ɔːs
verb mosses · mossing · mossed
-
To 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!
Similar: moss out
Moss⁴
proper noun
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914).
- A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
- Former name of Moss Landing, California.
- An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
- A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
MOSS⁵
noun
- Acronym of MIME Object Security Services
proper noun
- Acronym of Map Overlay and Statistical System
- Acronym of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
- Acronym of Market Oriented Sector Selective talks
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: eelgrass, sphagnum, lichen, turf, fishes, mousse, moose, brew, beer, peat, tundra, foam, froth, dwarf, scum, woman
Translations
Every language
noun plants of the division Bryophyta
| Español | musgo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이끼 ikki |
| 日本語 | 苔 koke, コケ koke, 蘚苔 sentai |
| 中文 | 青苔 qīngtái, 苔蘚 /苔藓 táixiǎn |
| हिन्दी | काई kāī, हरिता haritā |
| Português | musgo |
| Français | mousse |
| Deutsch | Moos |
| Italiano | muschio, musco |
| Ελληνικά | βρύο vrýo, μούσκλο moúsklo |
| Română | mușchi |
| Русский | мох mox |
| Tiếng Việt | rêu |
| العربية | أُشْنَة ʔušna, طُحْلُب ṭuḥlub |
| עברית | טְחָב tkháv |
noun a kind or species of such plants
| Español | musgo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 苔 tāi, 蘚 /藓 xiǎn |
| Português | musgo |
| Français | mousse |
| Deutsch | Moos |
| Italiano | muschio, musco |
| Ελληνικά | βρύα vrýa |
verb to become covered with moss
| Deutsch | bemoosen |
|---|
verb cover (something) with moss
| Deutsch | bemoosen |
|---|
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title = {moss},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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