Mossed vs Bossed - What's the difference?
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(moss)
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 division Bryophyta (formerly ).
(countable) A kind or species of such plants.
(informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
A bog; a fen.
To become covered with moss.
To cover (something) with moss.
(boss)
A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
(geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
(mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
(architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
(archery) the target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
A head or reservoir of water.
To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
(obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
* 1916 , , Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 36:
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
A person in charge of a business or company.
A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
The head of a political party in a given region or district.
(informal) A term of address to a man.
(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
(humorous) Wife.
To exercise authoritative control over; to lord over; to boss around; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
* 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph'', ''The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher):
* 1932 , Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child , page 76
* 1967 , Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight , page 90
* 1980 , Jean Toomer The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer , page 40
(slang, American, Liverpool) Of excellent quality, first-rate.
As verbs the difference between mossed and bossed
is that mossed is past tense of moss while bossed is past tense of boss.mossed
English
Verb
(head)moss
English
(wikipedia moss)Noun
- Spanish moss'''; Irish '''moss'''; club '''moss .
- the mosses of the Scottish border
Usage notes
* The plural form mosses'' is used when more than one kind of moss is meant. The singular ''moss is used referring to a collection of moss plants of the same kind.Hyponyms
* (simple plant) alga, cryptogam, lichenHypernyms
* (Bryophyta) bryophyteDerived terms
* (Tillandsia usneoides ) * (Bryozoa) * (Bartramia spp. ) * a rolling stone gathers no moss * et al) * black moss (Tillandsia usneoides ) * bog moss * ) * carrageen moss (Chondrus crispus ) * * ) * ) * ) * club moss, club-moss, (club-foot moss) (Lycopodiaceae) * ) * ) * ) * enmoss * ) * * (Tillandsia usneoides ) * ) * ) * head moss * ) * ) * Iceland moss () * idle-moss * Irish moss (Chondrus crispus ) * ) * (Tillandsia usneoides ) * ) * moss-agate * moss animal, (Bryozoa) * moss-back, mossback * moss-backed, mossbacked, mossy-backed * moss-bag * moss-bank * moss-basket * moss-bass * ) * moss-berry, (Vaccinium oxycoccos ) * (Botaurinae) * moss-box * ) * moss-carder, ) * ) * spp. ) * (Bryozoa) * ) * * ) * moss-earth * mossed * mosser * mossery * moss-fiber, moss-fibre * moss-flow * moss frog (Rhacophoridae) * mossful * moss-gold () * moss green * moss-grown, mossgrown * moss-hag, moss-hagg * moss-hagger * * moss-head * * moss-house * mossify * mossland * mossless * moss-litter * ) * moss-oak * moss opal * moss-peat * ) * mossplant * (Bryozoa) * moss-rake * moss-reeve * ) * ) * moss-seat * moss-starch * moss stitch * moss-tenant * moss-trooper * mosstroopery * moss-trooping * moss-whin () * ) * moss-wood * moss-work * mossy * oak moss * pearl moss (Chondrus crispus ) * peat-moss * ) * reindeer moss () * * ) * * * ''spp. ) * snake moss () * Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides ) * spike moss (Selaginellaceae) * ) * tree-moss * unmossed * white mossVerb
- An oak whose boughs were mossed with age.
See also
* muscoidReferences
* A New English dictionary on historical principles , Volume 6, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir William Alexander Craigie, Charles Talbut Onions, editors, Clarendon Press, 1908,pages 684-6----
bossed
English
Verb
(head)boss
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bos, bose, boce, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)- (Gwilt)
Derived terms
* bossless * bosslike * embossVerb
(es)Etymology 2
Apparently a corruption of (bass).Noun
(es)- All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss .
Synonyms
* (hassock or footrest): footrest, hassockEtymology 3
From (etyl) baas, from (etyl) . Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative, later, in , it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master.Noun
(es)- Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.
- My boss complains that I'm always late to work.
- They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.
- He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.
- Yes, boss .
- There's no olive oil, will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss .
Synonyms
* (person in charge of a business or company): employer * (person who oversees and directs the work of others): line manager, manager, supervisor * (leader of an organized group or team): head, leader * (head of a political party in a given region or district): leader * : gov/guv (UK), guvnor (UK), mate (UK) * See alsoDerived terms
* boss battle * boss fight * miniboss * final boss * show someone who's boss * you're the bossVerb
(es)- By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost.
- His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...]
- She bossed him, and he's never gotten over it. She still orders him around, and instead of telling her to go soak her head, he just says 'Yes, ma'am' as weak as a newborn jellyfish [...]
- For if, on the one hand, I bossed him and showed him what to do and how to do it, [...]
Derived terms
* boss about, boss aroundAdjective
(-)- ''Don't you think surfing's boss ?