adj
Meaning 1
Having a covering of growing moss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mossy
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
moss-grown
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒsɡɹəʊn/
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General-American: /ˈmɔsˌɡɹoʊn/
adj
Meaning 2
Old; old-fashioned, out of date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: antiquated, ancient, aged, age-old, antediluvian, auld, cobwebbed, cobwebby, decrepit, eld, eldern, gamol, gray, hoary, moss-grown, old, old as the hills, old as the Pyramids, olden, older than dirt, older than the hills, older than the Pyramids, venerable, wintry
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- moss-grown ideas about family life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fogyish, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(p), stodgy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
overgrown with moss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mossy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From moss + grown. Sense 2 (“old; old-fashioned, out of date”) refers to the fact that moss will often grow on an object that has remained outdoors in one place for some time.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: musgoso — having a covering of growing moss
- German: bemoost — having a covering of growing moss
- Icelandic: mosagróinn — having a covering of growing moss
- Icelandic: mosavaxinn — having a covering of growing moss
- Italian: muschiato — having a covering of growing moss
- Norwegian Bokmål: mosegrodd — having a covering of growing moss
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mosegrodd — having a covering of growing moss
- Polish: omszały — having a covering of growing moss
- Russian: замше́лый (zamšélyj) — having a covering of growing moss