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moss

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noun/mɒs//mɔs//mɑs/
  1. 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).countableuncountable

    • Another says you should tense your body, look up in the air, and think about cool moss.
  2. 2

    A kind or species of such plants.countable

  3. 3

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

    • Spanish moss
    • Irish moss
  4. 4

    A bog; a fen.UKcountableregional

    • the mosses of the Scottish border
    • Loynton Moss
verb/mɒs//mɔs//mɑs/
  1. 1

    To become covered with moss.intransitive

    • An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
  2. 2

    To cover (something) with moss.transitive

noun/mɒs//mɔs//mɑs/
  1. 1

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

    • Bro, that moss was insane!
verb/mɒs//mɔs//mɑs/
  1. 1

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

    • You just got mossed!
verb/mɒs//mɔs//mɑs/
  1. 1

    To relax, chill out.intransitiveslang

    • 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!

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