How do you use the word "moss" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "moss": "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb. "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a saying.

Moss Meaning

/mɒs/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny 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).

nounA kind or species of such plants.

Sentence Examples

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a saying.

Tom used dry moss as tinder to start the fire.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The old damp stone wall in the garden was covered with thick green ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The old stone bridge across the small river was covered in a soft layer of thick green ____ that felt like a carpet.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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:

"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:

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