moths
USMAWTHS/mɔθs/UKMOTHS/mɒθs/
- 1Plural of moth. Use this form when you mean more than one moth.
Several moths flew around the porch light all evening.
The closet was full of tiny holes left by moths.
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- 2Third-person singular simple present of moth. Use this form with he, she, or it.
Every summer night she moths in the garden with a white sheet and a bright lamp.
He moths along the hedgerow whenever the warm weather brings the insects out.
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moths is a form of moth
moth, noun: An insect like a butterfly that usually flies at night and has feelers without a knob at the end. Full entry
- Forms
- mothmoths plural
- Spelling
- moth → moths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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