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mossing

mossing is the present participle and gerund of moss.

Meaning of moss

Verb (1)

moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)

  1. (intransitive) To become covered with moss.
    • An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
  2. (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.

Verb (2)

moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.
    • You just got mossed!

Verb (3)

moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To relax, chill out.
    • 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!2014 August 29, @7oneZ_FuckTDSB, Twitter
    Synonyms:
    moss out

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Questions about mossing

What is mossing the present participle and gerund of?
Mossing is the present participle and gerund of moss.

Words near mossing in the dictionary

  1. mossiest
  2. Mossiface
  3. mossily
  4. mossiness
  5. mossinesses
  6. mossing
  7. mosskiller
  8. mosskillers
  9. mossland
  10. mosslands
  11. mossle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mossing (page history and authors); moss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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