Showing posts with label mooed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mooed. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

mood, mooed

Mood or mood means a passing state of mind or emotion --
Don't try to talk to him; he's in a bad mood.
Let's watch a movie; I'm in the mood for a thriller.

Mooed or mooed ( rhymes with mood ) is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "moo", meaning, said of a cow, to make a bellowing sound --
We tried to get the cow to move out of the road, but she just mooed at us.
Bossy mooed a greeting to the farmer when he entered the barn.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The old cow was in no mood for nonsense, and mooed angrily to tell us so."

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

mood, mooed

Mood or mood means an emotional state, or the emotional quality of a work of art or music--
Don't talk to him; he's in a bad mood.
The mood of the piece is lively and cheerful; you are playing it like a dirge.

Mooed or mooed ( rhymes with mood ) is the past tense of "moo", meaning, when said of a cow, to low or make a noise--
The poor cow mooed at every passing car; she didn't like the city.
The cow mooed each morning to wake up everyone on the farm.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"His mood was hostile, until the old cow mooed at him and made him laugh."

Note--not to be confused with "mewed", the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "mew", meaning, said of a cat or kitten, to make a crying or high-pitched noise--
The cat mewed loudly when she saw the can of food.