Moth
Pronunciation
Singular: moth- UK IPA: /mɒθ/
- US enPR: môth, IPA: /mɔθ/
- Rhymes: -ɒθ
- Rhymes: -ɒθs, -ɒðz
Origin 1
Full definition of moth
Noun
moth
(plural moths)- A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
- 2013, William E. Conner, An Acoustic Arms Race, Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible†to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
- (figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
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Verb
- (intransitive) To hunt for moths.
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Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /məʊt/
- US enPR: mÅt, IPA: /moÊŠt/
- Rhymes: -əʊt
Origin 2
From Hindi मोठ(moá¹h)
Synonyms
- (Vigna aconitifolia) , , matki
Origin 3
Noun
moth
(plural moths)- Obsolete form of mote
- Shakespeare Othello|1|3So that, dear lords, if I be left behind,
A moth of peace, and he go to the war,
The rites for which I love him are bereft me,
And I a heavy interim shall support
By his dear absence. Let me go with him. - (dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
- 1895, Good Housekeeping, page 196, ISSN: 0731-3462To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.
- 1999, R. L. Gupta, Directory of Diseases & Cures: In Homoeopathy, page 254, ISBN 8170215161.Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light brown spots on the face or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.
- 2005, J. D. Patil, Textbook of Applied Materia Medica, page 108, ISBN 8180565904.There are signs of liver affections as weakness, yellow complexion, liver spots, and moth spot like a saddle over the nose.