mossy

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moss·y

 (mô′sē, mŏs′ē)
adj. moss·i·er, moss·i·est
1. Covered with moss or something like moss: mossy banks.
2. Resembling moss.
3. Old-fashioned; antiquated.
moss′i·ness n.
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moss•y

(ˈmɔ si, ˈmɒs i)

adj. moss•i•er, moss•i•est.
1. overgrown with or abounding in moss.
2. appearing as if covered with moss.
3. resembling moss.
[1540–50]
moss′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.mossy - overgrown with moss
moss-grown
covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
2.mossy - (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"
fogyish, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy, moss-grown
unfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"
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Translations
مُطَحْلَب
mechový
mosset
mohos
mosagróinn
machový
yosunlu

mossy

[ˈmɒsɪ] ADJ → musgoso, cubierto de musgo
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mossy

[ˈmɒsi] adj → moussu(e)
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mossy

adj (+er) (= moss-covered) → moosbedeckt, bemoost; lawn → vermoost; (= mosslike) → moosig, moosartig
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mossy

[ˈmɒsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → muscoso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

moss

(mos) noun
(any variety of) a type of small flowerless plant, found in damp places, forming a soft green covering on tree trunks etc. The bank of the river was covered in moss.
ˈmossy adjective
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