Moss-grown

Quick meaning: Moss-grown is an adjective meaning Having a covering of growing moss.

Meaning

Having a covering of growing moss.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) Old; old-fashioned, out of date.

Example Sentences

In one spot distinguished by a moss-grown gothic monument, which retained the name of Queen's Standing, Elizabeth herself was said to have pierced seven bucks with her own arrows.

To find one's self suddenly translated from the wild, flowery prairie into the heart of an aged, moss-grown village, of such foreign aspect, withal, was by no means easy to reconcile with one's notions of reality.

Stumps and logs, like precious monuments, adorned its two streets, each stump and log, on account of the moist climate, moss-grown and tufted with grass and bushes, but muddy on the sides below the limit of the bogline.

As we pass onward, we catch the amusing incidents by the way, explore the villages, meditate among their grave yards, and pluck the grass away from the moss grown head stones to decypher the names of those who sleep beneath.

Word Forms

• mossgrown

Synonyms for moss-grown

Depending on context, synonyms include mossy, antiquated, ancient, aged, age-old, antediluvian.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mossy, stodgy, covered, fogyish, nonmodern, mossgrown.

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