moss

CEFRB1

/mɒs/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small soft green plant that grows on wet surfaces.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A kind or species of such plants.

Examples

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

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

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.

  2. 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).

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To become covered with moss.

More examples

In context

  • Tom used dry moss as tinder to start the fire.

  • Spanish moss

  • An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”), Mace...