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Moon   /mun/   Listen
Moon

noun
1.
The natural satellite of the Earth.  "Men first stepped on the moon in 1969"
2.
Any object resembling a moon.  "The clock had a moon that showed various phases"
3.
The period between successive new moons (29.531 days).  Synonyms: lunar month, lunation, synodic month.
4.
The light of the Moon.  Synonyms: moonlight, moonshine.  "The Moon was bright enough to read by"
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).  Synonym: Sun Myung Moon.
6.
Any natural satellite of a planet.
verb
(past & past part. mooned; pres. part. mooning)
1.
Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.  Synonym: daydream.
2.
Be idle in a listless or dreamy way.  Synonyms: moon around, moon on.
3.
Expose one's buttocks to.



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"Moon" Quotes from Famous Books



... had long gone out. It was warm for the time of year; but had it been otherwise he would not have replenished it. The candles, too, had burned out, and the moon-beams were streaming through the window; but had it been dark he would scarce have been aware of it. The house had long ago been hushed in repose, and yet Richard felt certain that he had heard a movement in ...
— Bred in the Bone • James Payn

... he spurred on at a gallop, finding some relief in the pounding action of the saddle and in the rush of air past his ears. The moon was late, but when it came it seemed to help him, lightening his mood as it lightened the trail. The big ledges and lowering, lesser peaks lifted into the dark sky weirdly translucent, and their upper edges ...
— The Spirit of Sweetwater • Hamlin Garland

... ceased entirely now, and just as she reached the ranch gate, which had swung half to on its hinges and was stuck there in the snow, the moon came out and revealed the wide white expanse, unbroken by any sign of the road. She felt sure that the search-parties would have followed the road as closely as possible and that they would have tried not to stray off into the field. But that was just where Stephen Burns, mindful of the perils ...
— Peak and Prairie - From a Colorado Sketch-book • Anna Fuller

... the sunset paled, and warmed once more With a softer, tenderer after-glow; In the east was moon-rise, with boats off-shore And sails in the distance drifting slow. The beacon glimmered from Portsmouth bar, The White Isle kindled its great red star; And life and death in my old-time lay Mingled in peace like ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 • Various

... huge legs out of the hammock, took a seat near Jim, and, reaching out, he gently closed his immense fist around the little white hand of the boy. Then leaning forward until his black face, as broad as the moon, was almost against ...
— Brave Tom - The Battle That Won • Edward S. Ellis


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