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Moon

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Noun

1. moon

the natural satellite of the Earth

Example Sentences:
'the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers'
'men first stepped on the moon in 1969'

2. moon

any object resembling a moon

Example Sentences:
'he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light'
'the clock had a moon that showed various phases'

3. lunar month, lunation, moon, synodic month

the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

4. moon, moonlight, moonshine

the light of the Moon

Example Sentences:
'moonlight is the smuggler's enemy'
'the Moon was bright enough to read by'

5. moon, sun myung moon

United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)

6. moon

any natural satellite of a planet

Example Sentences:
'Jupiter has sixteen moons'

Verb

7. daydream, moon

have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake

Example Sentences:
'She looked out the window, daydreaming'

8. moon, moon around, moon on

be idle in a listless or dreamy way

9. moon

expose one's buttocks to

Example Sentences:
'moon the audience'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Moon

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verb
10. (when tr, often foll by away; when intr, often foll by around)
to be idle in a listless way, as if in love, or to idle (time) away
11. (intransitive) slang
to expose one's buttocks to passers-by
noun
a system of embossed alphabetical signs for blind readers, the fourteen basic characters of which can, by rotation, mimic most of the letters of the Roman alphabet, thereby making learning easier for those who learned to read before going blind
Compare Braille
noun
William. 1818–94, British inventor of the Moon writing system in 1847, who, himself blind, taught blind children in Brighton and printed mainly religious works from stereotyped plates of his own designing
noun
1. (sometimes capital)
the natural satellite of the earth. Diameter: 3476 km; mass: 7.35 × 1022 kg; mean distance from earth: 384 400 km; periods of rotation and revolution: 27.32 days
▶ Related adjective: lunar
2. 
the face of the moon as it is seen during its revolution around the earth, esp at one of its phases
new moon
full moon
3. 
any natural satellite of a planet
4. 
moonlight; moonshine
5. 
something resembling a moon
6. 
a month, esp a lunar one
7.  once in a blue moon
8.  over the moon
9.  reach for the moon

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Moon

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noun
1.  [often M-]
the celestial body that revolves around the earth from west to east in c. 271⁄3 days with reference to the stars and once in c. 291⁄2 days with reference to the sun, and that accompanies the earth in its yearly revolution about the sun: diameter, c. 3,476 km (c. 2,160 mi); mean distance from the earth, c. 384,404 km (c. 238,857 mi); mean density, c. 3⁄5 that of the earth; mass, c. 1⁄81; volume, c. 1⁄49
, with the
2. 
this body as it appears during a particular lunar month or period of time, or at a particular time of the month
see also new moon, crescent, half-moon, full moon, old moon, first quarter, last quarter
3. 
a month; esp., a lunar month
4. 
moonlight
5. 
anything shaped like the moon (i.e., an orb or crescent)
6. 
any natural satellite; esp., a natural satellite of a planet
verb intransitive
7. 
to behave in an idle, dreamy, or abstracted way, as when in love
8.  Slang
to engage in the prank of momentarily baring one's buttocks in public
verb transitive
9. 
to pass (time) in mooning
10.  Slang
to expose one's buttocks to (someone) as a prank

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Moon

see synonyms of moon
n.
1. often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 363,100 kilometers (225,600 miles) distant at perigee and 405,700 kilometers (252,100 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,159 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.
2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet.
3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.
4. A month, especially a lunar month.
5. A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.
6. Moonlight.
7. Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.
8. Slang The bared buttocks.
v. mooned, moon·ing, moons
v.intr.
1. To wander about or pass time languidly and aimlessly.
2. To yearn or pine as if infatuated.
3. Slang To expose one's buttocks in public as a prank or disrespectful gesture.
v.tr.
Slang To expose one's buttocks to (others) as a prank or disrespectful gesture: "threatened to moon a passing ... camera crew" (Vanity Fair).
Korean-born American religious leader and founder of the Unification Church (1954). He was found guilty in 1982 of conspiracy to evade taxes in the United States.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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