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moon

UK/muːn/ US/mun/ common informal literary
noun (6) verb (3)

noun

1.

the natural satellite of the Earth

  • “the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers”
  • “men first stepped on the moon in 1969”
2.

any object resembling a moon

  • “he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light”
  • “the clock had a moon that showed various phases”
3.
4.

the light of the moon

  • “moonlight is the smuggler”
  • “;”
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5.

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)

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6.

any natural satellite of a planet

  • “Jupiter has sixteen moons”

verb

1.

have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake

  • “She looked out the window, daydreaming”
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2.
3.

expose one''s buttocks to

  • “moon the audience”

Origin

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Phrases

  • ask for the moon
  • barley moon
  • beaver moon
  • black moon
  • blood moon
  • blue moon
  • bomber's moon
  • buck moon
  • Laurence-Moon syndrome
  • Moon buggy
  • Moon tree

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