moss

plural mosses

1. countableuncountableAny 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.

   1989, Michael Sky, Dancing with the Fire, page 54

2. countableA kind or species of such plants.
3. countableinformaluncountableAny alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.

   club moss

   2 more examples

   Spanish moss

   Irish moss

4. UKcountableregionaluncountableA bog; a fen.

   Loynton Moss

   1 more example

   the mosses of the Scottish border

present singular third person mosses · participle present mossing · participle past mossed · past mossed

1. intransitiveTo become covered with moss.

   An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.

2. transitiveTo cover (something) with moss.

plural mosses

1. countableslangAmerican footballA spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.

   Bro, that moss was insane!

present singular third person mosses · participle present mossing · participle past mossed · past mossed

1. intransitiveslangtransitiveAmerican footballTo make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.

   You just got mossed!

present singular third person mosses · participle present mossing · participle past mossed · past mossed

1. intransitiveslangTo 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!

   2014 August 29, @7oneZ_FuckTDSB, Twitter

   Synonyms: moss out

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:
   1. Former name of Moss Landing, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
   3. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
   4. A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

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