moon
(noun) any natural satellite of a planet; âJupiter has sixteen moonsâ
Moon, moon
(noun) the natural satellite of the Earth; âthe average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometersâ; âmen first stepped on the moon in 1969â
Moon, moon
(noun) the natural satellite of the Earth; âthe average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometersâ; âmen first stepped on the moon in 1969â
moon
(noun) any object resembling a moon; âhe made a moon lamp that he used as a night lightâ; âthe clock had a moon that showed various phasesâ
Moon, Sun Myung Moon
(noun) 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)
moonlight, moonshine, Moon
(noun) the light of the Moon; âmoonlight is the smugglerâs enemyâ; âthe Moon was bright enough to read byâ
moon
(verb) expose oneâs buttocks to; âmoon the audienceâ
moon, moon around, moon on
(verb) be idle in a listless or dreamy way
daydream, moon
(verb) have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; âShe looked out the window, daydreamingâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
moon (plural er-noun)
(with "the", singulare tantum) Alternative letter-case form of Moon; the Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
moon (plural moons)
(colloquial, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
(literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
(cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
(card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
• (Earth's sole natural satellite): Moon
• (natural satellite of a planet): satellite, natural satellite
• (month): calendar month, lunar month, month
• See also moon
moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)
(transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
(intransitive, US, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
(transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
(transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
(cryptocurrency) Of a coin or token: to rise in price rapidly.
(card games) To shoot the moon.
• Mono, mono, mono-, nomo-
Moon
The Earth's moon Luna; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by âŸ.
(paganism) The god of the Moon in Heathenry.
A surname.
The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• Luna
• Mono, mono, mono-, nomo-
Source: Wiktionary
Moon, n. Etym: [OE. mone, AS. mona; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. mano, G. mond, Icel. mani, Dan. maane, Sw. mÄne, Goth. mena, Lith. men, L. mensis month, Gr. mas moon, month; prob. from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. ma to measure), from its serving to measure the time. *271. Cf. Mete to measure, Menses, Monday, Month.]
1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month. The crescent moon, the diadem of night. Cowper.
2. A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.
3. The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month. Shak.
4. (Fort.)
Definition: A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon. Moon blindness. (a) (Far.) A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks. (b) (Med.) Hemeralopia.
– Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight.
– Moon face, a round face like a full moon.
– Moon madness, lunacy. [Poetic] -- Moon month, a lunar month.
– Moon trefoil (Bot.), a shrubby species of medic (Medicago arborea). See Medic.
– Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen.
Moon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooning.]
Definition: To expose to the rays of the moon. If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned. Holland.
Moon, v. i.
Definition: To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner. Elsley was mooning down the river by himself. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; âtheoretical scienceâ
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetiĂšre consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.