moss — English Dictionary

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).

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Broader terms

   setaphytebryophyteembryophyteplantorganism

   Examples

   Another says you should tense your body, look up in the air, and think about cool moss.

2. A kind or species of such plants.

   Usage

   • Countable

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Informal
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Spanish moss

   Irish moss

   More examples (1)

   club moss

4. A bog; a fen.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Countable
   • Regional
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   the mosses of the Scottish border

   Loynton Moss

Verb

1. To become covered with moss.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.

2. To cover (something) with moss.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Slang

   Examples

   Bro, that moss was insane!

Verb

1. To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Slang
   • Transitive

   Examples

   You just got mossed!

Verb

1. To relax, chill out.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Slang

   Synonyms

   moss out

   Examples

   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!

Noun

1. tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

   Broader terms

   bryophytenonvascular plant