mossy
Covered in or overgrown with mossCovered in or overgrown with moss.
» He sat on a mossy tree stump.
Er saß auf einem moosbewachsenen Baumstumpf. — Sciuro_Kvar
Он сидел на пне, покрытом мхом. — scriptin
Он сидел на покрытом мхом пне. — scriptin
Он сидел на замшелом пне. — scriptin
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1 sensesCovered in or overgrown with moss.
мши́стыйmšístyj, замше́лыйzamšélyj, обомше́лыйobomšélyj
мохови́тийmoxovýtyj, моха́стийmoxástyj, моши́стийmošýstyj
overgrown with moss
Examples
13 sentencesHe sat on a mossy tree stump.
ruОн сидел на пне, покрытом мхом. — scriptin
deEr saß auf einem moosbewachsenen Baumstumpf. — Sciuro_Kvar
Tom cleared away the mossy, rotten wood.
deTom räumte das moosbewachsene, morsche Holz weg. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Yanni was interested in studying mossy rainforests.
The centipede raced across the mossy stones.
The centipede crawled beneath the mossy stones.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.
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Forms
mossier, mossiestSynonyms
4 synonyms- overgrown with moss:moss-grown
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned:fogyishmoss-grownstick-in-the-mudstodgy
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.