moss

mousse

Petite plante verte formant un tapis doux sur le sol humide, les rochers ou les arbres.

En anglais simple : A small green plant that grows in soft layers on wet ground, rocks, or trees.

• Moss covers the rock.
• We found soft moss beside the stream.
• Does moss grow on this side of the tree?

Expressions courantes : green moss, covered in moss, moss on stones

mousse

Nom donné à des plantes simples ou organismes semblables à des plantes qui ressemblent à la mousse.

En anglais simple : A name for certain simple plants or plantlike things that look like small green ground plants.

• Spanish moss hangs from the branches.
• Irish moss grows along rocky coasts.
• This sea moss is sold as a food ingredient.

Expressions courantes : Spanish moss, Irish moss

tourbière, marais

Étendue de terre très humide contenant souvent d’épaisses couches de plantes mortes.

En anglais simple : An area of very wet ground, often containing thick layers of dead plants.

• The path crosses a moss.
• They cut peat from the moss nearby.
• These Scottish mosses were once much wetter.

Synonymes : bog, fen

Expressions courantes : peat moss, cross a moss

se couvrir de mousse

Se couvrir de petites plantes vertes qui poussent sur les surfaces humides.

En anglais simple : To become covered with small green plants that grow on wet surfaces.

• The old stones began to moss.
• The wall mossed over in the damp shade.
• Untreated roofs can moss with age.

Expressions courantes : moss over, moss with age

réceptionner par-dessus le défenseur

Au football américain, attraper spectaculairement le ballon en passant les bras au-dessus d’un ou plusieurs défenseurs.

En anglais simple : To catch a football impressively by reaching over one or more players trying to stop you.

• He can moss any defender.
• Our receiver mossed two players for a touchdown.
• Did you see her moss that cornerback?

Expressions courantes : moss a defender, moss someone