NichiDict

盛る

N2
もる
[moru]
Illustration for 盛る

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with

2.GodanTransitive

to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up

3.GodanTransitive

to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe

4.GodanTransitive

to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

5.GodanTransitive

to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)

6.GodanTransitive

to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup

Other Readings

盛る」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

この店は開店以来ずっと商売が盛っているよ。

This shop's business has been thriving since it opened.

祭りの季節になると町が盛ってにぎやかになる。

When the festival season comes, the town thrives and becomes lively.

彼の会社は最近ますます盛っているそうだね。

I heard his company is thriving more and more recently.