Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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).

    Moos

    мохmox

    мохmox

  2. (countable)A kind or species of such plants.

    Moos

    мохmox

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.

    Spanish moss

    Irish moss

  4. (UK, countable, regional, uncountable)A bog; a fen.

    the mosses of the Scottish border

    Loynton Moss

  5. (countable, slang)A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.

    Bro, that moss was insane!

More definitions
  • tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

Examples

36 sentences
  1. "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

    ru"Под лежачий камень вода не течёт" — это пословица.

    de„Wer rastet, der rostet“ ist ein Sprichwort.

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  2. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

    ruКто много странствует, добра не наживает.

    deEin rollender Stein setzt kein Moos an.

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  3. Tom's car was covered in moss.

    ruМашина Тома заросла мхом.

    deToms Auto war von Moos überzogen.

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  4. The salamander hid in the moss.

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  5. Ziri filled the hole with peat moss.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
plants of the division Bryophyta:
Русский
By meaning 1
plants of the division Bryophyta:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
plants of the division Bryophyta:

Origin

From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West German

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”).

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

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