English Explanatory Dictionary

moss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).
  2. A kind or species of such plants.
  3. Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
  4. A bog; a fen.
verb
  1. To become covered with moss.
  2. To cover (something) with moss.
noun
  1. A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.
verb
  1. To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.
verb
  1. To relax, chill out.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. 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).
  3. A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. Former name of Moss Landing, California.
  6. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
  7. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
  8. A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
noun
  1. Acronym of MIME Object Security Services.
name
  1. Acronym of Map Overlay and Statistical System.
  2. Acronym of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
  3. Acronym of Market Oriented Sector Selective talks.

Pronunciation

/mɒs/ môs /mɔs/ mäs /mɑs/ en-us-moss.ogg

Word forms

moss mosses mossing mossed

Etymology

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 (mǎh, “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.

Synonyms

moss out

Related words

muscoid CMOS MOS

Derived words

American moss animal moss apple moss apple-moss arctic moss a rolling stone gathers no moss Ashton Moss ball moss beard moss bear moss besom moss bird's-nest moss black moss blanket moss bog moss bristle moss broom moss Canary moss caribou moss carrageen moss cedar moss ceratodon moss Ceylon moss chalice moss Chat Moss chin-cough moss Christmas moss club moss club-moss club-foot moss common moss coral moss cord moss Cornish path moss Corsican moss crape moss cup moss cup-moss cypress moss ditch moss draw moss duck moss dung moss dyer's moss elf-cap moss enmoss fairy moss feather moss fern moss film moss fire moss fir moss Florida moss flowering moss (Pyxidanthera barbulata; Portulaca grandiflora; fountain apple moss fountain moss giant moss gold moss golden moss gold spoon moss
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