moss

[US]/mɒs/
[UK]/mɔːs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small, green plant that grows on damp surfaces and in shady areas; a boggy area
vt. to cause to be covered with moss

Phrases & Collocations

green moss

moss-covered rocks

lush moss

kate moss

peat moss

spanish moss

Example Sentences

Moss Bros the tailors.

an exuberant growth of moss;

Moss grows on a rock.

The steps were slimy with moss.

amend your soil with peat moss or compost.

Apospory is found in some mosses and ferns.

a boulder mantled with moss;

the low stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen.

The picnickers were recumbent on thick moss under a big tree.

One kind contains the liver moss grain shape, arborization inclusions of agate.

mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome.

Pseudopodium (pl. pseudopodia) 1. A leafless stalk that bears the capsule in Sphagnum and other mosses that lack a seta.

Tracheophyte (Tracheophyta) Any plant with a differentiated vascular system; i.e. all plants except the liverworts, mosses, and hornworts.

sawlog, diameter 50cm up, length 300cm up, unlimited red heart, smooth and straight and without moss on the barks, for

I believe most of the style icons, such as Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Agyness Deyn...all start as a fashionist , just like most of us.We love fashion and we love to dress up nicely.

Acral festering necrosis, and Pott yellow sticky and smells bad smell, tongue dishes, moss yellow or yellow greasy dry.

A little bag like that used in finger pressing is applied, with fifteen aromatic plants including wheat, cinnamon, yellow ginger powder, monarda, lavender, lime peel and moss rose contained in it.

Real-world Examples

Early bird gathers no moss, rolling stone catches the worm.

Source: The Truman Show Selected Works

How about this insignificant clump of moss?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

They also feed on moss and lichen growing on the outside.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

When they lie flat against the moss, they become completely invisible.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

The largely neutral palette sometimes turned adventurous with pops of cobalt, caramel and moss green.

Source: Financial Times Reading Selection

And the moss looks bright where my foot hath been.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

On today's program, we will talk about the expression: A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Source: VOA Special English Education

Bedded soft in moss and rushes.

Source: American Elementary School English 5

Plus, moss are pretty hardy, with the ability to withstand extreme conditions.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation June 2013

Why? Because " A rolling stone gathers no moss" .

Source: VOA Special English Education

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