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Moss

//mɔs// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Acronym of Map Overlay and Statistical System. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. 3
    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).
  4. 4
    Acronym of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  5. 5
    A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
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  1. 6
    Acronym of Market Oriented Sector Selective talks. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; Former name of Moss Landing, California.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
Noun
  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). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Acronym of MIME Object Security Services. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants wordnet
  4. 4
    A kind or species of such plants. countable
  5. 5
    Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Spanish moss"

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  1. 6
    A bog; a fen. UK, countable, regional, uncountable

    "the mosses of the Scottish border"

  2. 7
    A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball. countable, slang

    "Bro, that moss was insane!"

Verb
  1. 1
    To become covered with moss. intransitive

    "An oak whose boughs were mossed with age."

  2. 2
    To relax, chill out. intransitive, slang

    "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!"

  3. 3
    To cover (something) with moss. transitive
  4. 4
    To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders. intransitive, slang, transitive

    "You just got mossed!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss”), German Low German Moss (“moss”), German Moos (which shows the same polysemy of "moss" and "bog, fen"), Danish mos (“moss”), Swedish mossa (“moss”), Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Latin muscus (“moss”), Russian мох (mox, “moss”), Polish mech. Doublet of mousse.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss”), German Low German Moss (“moss”), German Moos (which shows the same polysemy of "moss" and "bog, fen"), Danish mos (“moss”), Swedish mossa (“moss”), Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Latin muscus (“moss”), Russian мох (mox, “moss”), Polish mech. Doublet of mousse.

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