What's the difference between poss and toss?

Poss


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To push; to dash; to throw.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There are definitely elements of Clash of Clans in this Wild West-themed game, but it’s got a spark of originality too as you build your posse, explore the wild frontier and protect your town.
  • (2) N-(Tetrazol-5-yl)azetidin-2-ones were found to posses excellent activity.
  • (3) Leadership is not always about pyrotechnics at EU summits or staying one step ahead of the posse.
  • (4) Normally, amphetamine reduces grooming behavior, but since this reduction was greater in lead-reared than in control rats, the data suggest that for this measure the lead-reared rat may posses an increased sensitivity to amphetamines.
  • (5) In this simple sentiment we can find hope, as we can in the efforts of those cleaning up the debris and ash in bonhomous, broom-wielding posses.
  • (6) All GABAergic agents, except piracetam, were found to posses anticatatonic actions as they significantly blocked perphenazine-induced catatonia.
  • (7) According to the differentiations of the apical surface of the dendrites, it is possible to distinguish six different classes: a) dendrites with one cilium and 75 nm thick cytofila (sometimes dendrites of identical appearance posses more than one cilium); b)dendrites with several cilial and 150 nm thick cytofila; c) dendrites with several cilia, 50 nm thick cytofila, and long, striated rootlets; d) dendrites with several cilia bur without cytofila; e) dendrites with 130 nm thick cytofila but without cilia; and f) dendrites with 65 nm thick cytofila but without cilia; dendrites of this class are the only ones with a cytoplasm more electron dense than that of the surrounding supporting cells.
  • (8) He refers several times to Vaughan, Jonathan Ross, Chris Evans, and to the kind of "posse radio" spawned by Steve Wright.
  • (9) This microvascular difference may account for the susceptibility of the ganglia to metastases when compared to nerve trunks which posses unfenestrated endothelium and blood-nerve barrier.
  • (10) For the first time a new type of glia cells is described which are designated as astrocytic tanycyte; they posses the structural features of tanycytes as well as of astrocytes.--After adrenalectomy and castration the area of the glia is bigger in the external zone than in untreated animals.
  • (11) It has been stated that the neuromuscular spindles posses their own microcirculatory bed which is formed by the vessels of the surrounding muscular tissue, tends to separate in the course of development and subdivides into two parts: extracapsular and intracapsular.
  • (12) For example: Broker B: u see 3m jpy libor going anywhere btween [sic] now and IMM?4 Primary Submitter B : looks fairly static to be honest, poss more pressure on upside, but not a lot Broker B: Oh.
  • (13) These sites of staining have been shown, by other methods, to posses substantial Na+, K+-ATPase, indicating that the antibody recognizes antigenic determinants of the sodium pump highly conserved in the course of evolution.
  • (14) Benzophenanthridine alkaloids, fagaronine 4, O-methylfagaronine 5, nitidine 1, allonitidine 3 and methoxydihydronitidine 2 have been shown to posses inhibitory activity against reverse transcriptase of RNA tumor viruses.
  • (15) The intercellular spaces are considerably dilated, and the cells posses intracellular spaces having well developed microvilli.
  • (16) The kind of don who arrived in a smart restaurant while on the run at Nuevo Laredo, deep in the territory of an enemy cartel, had the doors locked by his men, who took all mobile phones from those dining, asked them to continue at his expense while he ate, then left with his posse.
  • (17) Characteristically, the avascular pole and the lateral margins of the cell posses predominantly stacked and whorled cisternae of agranular ER.
  • (18) It is concluded that the hepatic ALDH from rats posses in the active centre two SH-groups in close vicinity which can be oxidized slightly to the intramolecular disulfide and reduced again.
  • (19) So expansive, grateful and loyal is the fighter's posse he makes presidents jealous.
  • (20) In previous studies 1-methyl-2-nitro-1H-imidazole-5-carboxaldehyde and 1-methyl-2-nitro-5-vinyl-1H-imidazole were found to posses interesting antimicrobial activities.

Toss


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
  • (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
  • (v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
  • (v. t.) To agitate; to make restless.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to try; to harass.
  • (v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
  • (v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
  • (v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
  • (n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
  • (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
  • (2) Put in a large bowl, add the parsley, oil and lemon juice, and gently toss.
  • (3) "We realise that it's an election time and these issues are tossed back and forth, but regardless of who leads Australia, we will look to them for action."
  • (4) The jury concluded Duggan had tossed the gun away and was not holding a weapon when surrounded by police marksmen.
  • (5) For every drop shot that was loose, lazy and tossed away a point, there was another that smacked of insouciant brilliance.
  • (6) Any hint of Charlotte as a sexual being is tossed on to the historical furnace.
  • (7) Hoodies don't vote, they've realised it's pointless, that whoever gets elected will just be a different shade of the "we don't give a toss about you" party.
  • (8) In one email, an aide suggests she should “toss a wrench at someone”.
  • (9) Campbell got the parents to play a simple game in which one team tried to flip some cones over one way and the other to flip them the other way – to illustrate the point that when parents are not united in their approach, children will feel like the cones being tossed about.
  • (10) Kazakhstan win the toss and the warring cheersquads go quiet for now.
  • (11) Their appetite for double entendres on Bake Off - which prompted a complaint to the BBC’s Points of View that they get “smuttier and smuttier, and it is totally unnecessary” - was already evident at Light Lunch when word came down from on high at Channel 4 that there were too many references to “tossing a salad”.
  • (12) I was having some tapas and a large bottle of wine as I was flicking through Facebook and I said: ‘Who should I nominate?’” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jennifer Mitchell, law student Labour & Liverpool: Jennifer Mitchell interview After tossing about some names, her boyfriend suggested her father.
  • (13) But bewilderment quickly turned to horror after the gunman tossed two gas canisters into the room and began firing, spraying the audience with bullets.
  • (14) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
  • (15) 10.32am BST The toss Cook has won it, and England are going to have a bowl.
  • (16) One throwaway moment with him tossing a hat into a van, I thought, well, nothing much we can do with that, but Will made it work beautifully.
  • (17) Mount Sinai is so overstretched they couldn’t give a toss either way.
  • (18) I think retreating to your lab and hoping it will all go away is not going to be the best strategy.” The idea to march was first tossed around on a Reddit thread in January.
  • (19) Photograph: Franck Allais and Ed Johns for the Guardian Flatbread, baked golden and crispy, tossed in a light salad and dressing.
  • (20) You could toss a mullet net over any park bench between Key West and Pensacola and drag in two people who’d be more inspiring.