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).
1. (Astronomy) (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.
2. (Astronomy) 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. (Astronomy) any natural satellite of a planet
4. (Astronomy) moonlight; moonshine
5. something resembling a moon
6. (Astronomy) a month, esp a lunar one
7. once in a blue moon very seldom
8. over the moon informal extremely happy; ecstatic
9. reach for the moon to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain
vb
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. (intr) slang to expose one's buttocks to passers-by
[Old English mōna; compare Old Frisian mōna, Old High German māno]
ˈmoonlessadj
Moon
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(Linguistics) 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 Braille1
Moon
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(Biography) 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
1. the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a certain period of time, or at a certain point of time, regarded as a distinct object or entity.
7. to act or wander abstractedly, listlessly, or dreamily: to moon about all day.
8. to sentimentalize or remember nostalgically.
9. Slang. to expose one's buttocks suddenly and publicly as a prank or gesture of disrespect.
v.t.
10. to spend (time) idly: to moon the afternoon away.
[before 900; Middle English mone, Old English mōna; c. Old Frisian mōna, Old Saxon, Old High German māno, Old Norse māni, Gothic mena; akin to Latin mēnsis month, Greek mḗnē moon, mēn month, Skt māsa moon, month]
Half of the moon is always in sunlight, as seen on the left. The relative positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun determine how much of the lighted half can be seen from Earth, as seen on the right. These forms in which the moon appears are known as phases.
moon
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1. Often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and traveling around Earth in a slightly elliptical orbit at an average distance of about 237,000 miles (381,500 kilometers). The moon's average diameter is 2,160 miles (3,475 kilometers), and its mass is about 1/80 that of Earth.
2. A natural satellite revolving around a planet: the moons of Jupiter.
3. The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a half moon.
Did You Know? We earthlings usually think of our moon as the moon, but any planet's natural satellites are properly called moons. Jupiter has at least 28 moons, while Saturn has 30, and additional small ones around these and other planets may yet be discovered. Earth's moon is also not necessarily typical of other moons in the solar system. No water exists on our moon, but some scientists think that one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, may have liquid water that might support life under a thick layer of ice. Titan, a moon of Saturn, is also thought to have an environment that can support primitive life: an ocean of ethane instead of water. Earth's moon is also very quiet, geologically. By comparison, Io, another of Jupiter's moons, is a violent cauldron of geologic activity. It is covered with huge volcanoes that emit plumes of sulfur so enormous that they can be seen by the Hubble Space Telescope orbiting Earth.
a form of divination involving observation of the moon.
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Moon
A bright moon … like glistening silk —Amy Lowell
Curled moon … like a feather —Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Everything has in fact another side to it, like the moon —G. K. Chesterton
A full new-risen moon like a pale medallion —Hayden Carruth
The moon had lost all its brilliance and looked like a little cloud in the sky —Leo Tolstoy
A half moon sailing like a moth up the drained blue sky —Jilly Cooper
It looked like a ball of paper from the back pocket of jeans that have just come out of the washing machine, which only time and ironing would tell if it was an old shopping list or a five pound note —Douglas Adams
Bright moonlight lay against its [house] wall like a fresh coat of paint —Raymond Chandler
A little slice of moon, curved like a canoe —Helen Hudson
The moon as beautiful as a great camellia —Max Beerbohm
A moonbeam … shimmers bright as a needle —W. P. Kinsella
Moon, bright as a lemon —Tom Robbins
The moon burned like metal —Pat Conroy
The moon, but half disclosed, was cut off as by a shutter —Joyce Cary
Moon curved like a rocker —Helen Hudson
The moon floats belly up like a dead goldfish —Marge Piercy
The moon follows the sun like a French translation of a Russian poet —Wallace Stevens
The moon hangs like a neon scythe over the countryside —W. P. Kinsella
The moon hung above the yard like a cheap earring —Isaac Babel
The moon hung like a pale lamp above the rim of the bay —William Styron
The moon is hidden by a silver cloud, fair as a halo —Christina Rossetti
The moon … is like a cake of white soap —John Phillips
The moon leaned low against the sky like a white-faced clown lolling against a circus wall —W. Somerset Maugham
Moonlight drilling in through the window like a bit into coal —Richard Wertime
Moonlight … dripped down like oil —Bernard Malamud
The moonlight invaded the courtyard, until it looked like a field of untrodden snow —Stefan Zweig
Moonlight so white that it looked like snow —Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A moon like a fallen fruit reversing gravity was hoisting itself above the rooftop —Ross Macdonald
The moon like a flower in heaven’s high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night —William Blake
Moon like a monstrous crystal —G. K. Chesterton
The moon, like an eye turned up in a trance, filmed over and seemed to turn loose from its track and to float sightless —Eudora Welty
Moon … like a red-faced farmer —T. E. Hulme
The complete line as it appears in a poem entitled Autumn: “I walked abroad and saw the ruddy moon lean over the hedge like a red-faced farmer.”
The moon like a white rose shone —W. B. Yeats
Moon like the moving dot on sing-along lyrics —Sharon Sheehe Stark
The moon looked like the head of a golden bollard in a Venice lagoon —John Gunther
The moon, narrow and pale like a paring snipped from a snowman’s toenail —Tom Robbins
The moon overhead tore through fierce cloud-wrack like a battered ship —Phyllis Bottome
Moon … pale, full-blown as a flower —Elizabeth Spencer
Moon pitted with holes, like an old brass coin —Erich Maria Remarque
The moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy —E. E. Cummings
The moon rises like a fat white god —Diane Ackerman
The moon … rode bonily in the sky, looking stark and abandoned like a decoration kids had put up for Halloween and forgotten to take down —William Dieter
The moon sails up out of the ocean dripping like a just washed apple —Marge Piercy
The moon shines like a lost button —Derek Walcott
The moon shone out like day —Nathanial Hawthorne
Moon slightly more than half full, like a tipped bowl —Patricia Henley
The moon stood like an arc lamp over the roofs of the houses —Erich Maria Remarque
The moon stuck like a wafer in the evening sky —Anon
The moon swelled like a plum —Philip Levine
Moon … waning, like silver that is polished so thin that it has begun to wear away —Mary Stewart
The moon … was like a slender shaving thrown up from a bar of gold —Joseph Conrad
The moon was like a chip of ice —Wallace Stegner
The moon was like a sickle —Edward Hoagland
The moon was out, cold and faraway as an owl’s hoot —John Braine
The moon … was slowly drifting into an immense, dark and transparent hole like a lake with its depth full of stars —Andre Malraux
A pale crescent moon shaped like a woman’s earring —Katharine Haake
A pale moon, like a claw (looked down through the claw-like branches of dead trees) —Jean Rhys
Quiet moonlight lay like the smile upon a dreaming face —John Hall Wheelock
The rising moon … winding like a silver thread until it was lost in the stars —Bret Harte
Sometimes in the afternoon sky a white moon would creep up like a little cloud, without display, suggesting an actress who does not have to “Come on” for a while and so goes “In front” in her ordinary clothes —Marcel Proust
The sphere hanging in the not yet darkened sky seemed like a lamp they had forgotten to turn off in the morning (a lamp that had burned all day in the room of the dead) —Milan Kundera
A stream of moonlight cut through the mist and hit the black water, like ink —Paige Mitchell
A thin moon … gray and marbled like a worn shell —Alice McDermott
A yellow moon rose like a flower blooming —Bernard Malamud
light, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
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)
laze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
3.
moon - expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"
display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
many moons agoa long time ago, years ago, ages ago, donkey's years ago(Brit. informal), yonks ago(Brit. informal)I saw her once, many moons ago, in a dreadful movie.
1. the heavenly body that moves once round the earth in a month and reflects light from the sun. The moon was shining brightly; Spacemen landed on the moon. maan قَمَر Луна lua měsíc der Mond måne φεγγάριluna kuu ماه kuu luneירח चन्द्रमा Mjesec hold bulan tungl, máni luna 月 달 mėnulis mēness bulan maanmåneksiężyc سپوژمى lua lună луна mesiac Mesec mesec måne แสงจันทร์ Ay 月亮 місяць; Місяць چاند mặt trăng 月亮
2. any of the similar bodies moving round the other planets. the moons of Jupiter. maan قَمَر يَدور حَوْلَ كَوْكَب спътник lua měsíc der Mond måne δορυφόροςluna kuu قمر kuu luneירח दुसरे ग्रहों के गिर्द घूमने वाले आकाशीय पिंड prirodni satelit hold bulan tungl, fylgihnöttur luna 衛星 (행성의) 위성 palydovas (planētas) pavadonis bulan maanmåneksiężyc ستورى lua lună спутник mesiac luna mesec måne พระจันทร์ uydu (太陽系其他行星的)衛星 супутник دوسرے ستاروں کے دیگر طفیلی سیارے vệ tinh 卫星
ˈmoonless adjective
(of a night) dark and having no moonlight. maanlose مُعْتِمه، لا يَظْهَر القَمَرُ فيها липсваща луна sem lua bezměsíčný mondlos måneløs αφέγγαρος sin luna kuupaisteta ظلمانی kuuton sans lune חֲסַר יָרֵח अंधेरा bez mjesečine koromsötét gelap ekki tunglbjartur senza luna 月のない 캄캄한 tamsus, be mėnulio bezmēness- tidak berbulan maanloos uten måneskinn bezksiężycowy د سپوژمى له رڼا سره شپه sem lua fără lună безлунный bezmesačný brez mesečine bez mesečine utan måne, mörk ซึ่งไม่มีแสงจันทร์ aysız, mehtapsız 漆黑無月光的 безмісячний بغیر چاند کی رات không trăng 无月光的
ˈmoonbeam noun
a beam of light reflected from the moon. maanlig شُعاع من أشِعَّةِ القَمَر лунен лъч raio de luar měsíční paprsek der Mondstrahl månestråle αχτίδα του φεγγαριού rayo de luna kuukiir مهتاب kuunsäde rayon de lune קֶרֶן יָרֵח चन्द्र किरण mjesečeva zraka holdfény sinar bulan tunglgeisli raggio di luna 月光 달의 광선 mėnulio spindulys mēnesstars sinaran bulan manestraal månestråle promień księżyca سپوژمى raio de lua rază de lună луч луны mesačný lúč lunin žarek mesečev zrak månstråle แสงจันทร์ ay ışını 月光,月光的 місячний промінь چاند کی روشنی tia sáng trăng 月光
ˈmoonlight noun, adjective
(made with the help of) the light reflected by the moon. The sea looked silver in the moonlight; a moonlight raid. maanlig ضَوء القَمَر лунна светлина luar měsíční svit das Mondlicht måneskin; måneskins- φεγγαρόφωτοluz de la luna kuuvalgus مهتاب kuunvalo clair de lune אוֹר יָרֵח चांदनी mjesečina holdfény sinar bulan tunglsljós chiaro di luna 月光 (の) 달빛 mėnesiena mēnesnīca cahaya bulan maanlichtmåneskinn światło księżyca سپوژمى luar lumina lunii лунный свет mesačný svit mesečina mesečina månsken แสงจันทร์ ay ışığı, mehtap 月光(的) місячне сяйво چاندنی ánh trăng 月光(的)
verb
to work at a second job, often at night, in addition to one's regular job. He earns so little that he has to moonlight. skelm werk, 'n tweede beroep hê يَعْمَلُ في وَظيفَةٍ ثانِيَه работя и нощна работа fazer bico mít druhé zaměstnání (často v noci) einen Neben-/Zweitjob machen arbejde sort είμαι διπλοθεσίτης, δουλεύω σε δύο δουλειές estar pluriempleado öötööd tegema شبانه tehdä kuutamokeikkaa travailler au noir עָבוֹדָה נוֹסֶפֶת नियमित काम के अलावा दूसरा काम भी करना dodatno raditi másodállást vállal bekerja sambilan (avere un secondo lavoro) (本職のほかに)内職する (야간의) 아르바이트를 하다, 겹치기로 일하다 papildomai uždarbiauti piepelnīties, strādājot vakaros/pa nakti kerja sambilan een bijbaan hebben; zwart bijwerken jobbe svartdorabiać د شپى مهال подрабатывать robiť fušky, pracovať v druhom zamestnaní delati na črno raditi na crno jobba extra, extraknäcka, svartjobba ทำงานแห่งที่สอง (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) gece ikinci bir iş yapmak (通常是晚上)兼差 підробляти; працювати за сумісництвом بیک وقت دو روزگار رکھنا خصوصا رات میں làm thêm ban đêm 从事第二职业
moonlighting noun
skelm werk العَمَل في وَظيفَةٍ ثانِيَه работене на две места bico měsíční svit eine Nacht und Nebelaktion arbejde sort το να κάνει κπ. δύο δουλειές pluriempleo öötöö تابیدن ماه לַעֲבוֹד בְּעָבוֹדָה נוֹסֶפֶת चांदनी tajni (noćni) napad másodállás pekerjaan sambilan (secondo lavoro) (本職のほかに)内職すること 부업 papildomas uždarbiavimas piepelnīšanās pekerjaan sambilan bijbaan; zwart werken svart arbeid dorabianie د سپوژمى رڼا побочный приработок fuškárenie delo na črno tezgarenje extraknäck, svartjobb ความสว่างที่เปล่งออกมาจากดวงจันทร์ gece ikinci bir işte çalışma 兼差 праця за сумісництвом رات میں اضافی روزگار کرنا ánh sáng trăng 兼职,第二职业
ˈmoonlit adjective
lit by the moon. a moonlit hillside. maanverlig مُضاء بِنور القَمَر осветен от луната enluarado osvětlený měsícem mondhell månebelyst φεγγαροφωτισμένος iluminado por la luna kuuvalge روشن kuun valaisema éclairé par la lune מוּאָר בְּאוֹר יָרֵח चांदनी में रोशन mjesečinom obasjan holdsütötte disinari bulan tunglbjartur illuminato dalla luna 月に照らされた 달에 비친 mėnulio apšviestas, mėnesėtas mēness apspīdēts disinari cahaya bulan door de maan verlicht månelys oświetlony światłem Księżyca روښانه د سپوژمى له بركته enluarado luminat de lună залитый лунным светом osvetlený mesiacom obsijan z mesečino obasjan mesečinom månbelyst ที่สว่างด้วยแสงจันทร์ ay ışığıyla aydınlanmış, mehtaplı 月光照耀的 освітлений місяцем چاندنی سے روشن có ánh trăng soi 月照的
moon about/around
to wander around as if dazed, eg because one is in love. draal يَهيمُ على وَجْهِه обикалям като замаян vaguear chodit jako ve snách verträumen dagdrømme ονειροβατώ (π.χ. από έρωτα) ir de aqu para allá, merodear pilvedes hõljuma اوارگی hortoilla ympäriinsä rakastuneena flâner לְהֶזוֹת इधर-उधर चकराना kretati se mlitavo kóvályog berkeliaran ráfa um (eins og í leiðslu) girare ぼんやりうろつく (사랑에 빠져) 멍하니 돌아다니다 vaikščioti lyg apspangus bezmērķīgi klīst berkeliaran rondhangensvime rundt, være i sin egen verden chodzić jak we śnie سر په بيديا، صحرايى vaguear a merge de colo-colo (ca un somnambul) бродить как во сне chodiť ako vo sne tavati lutati okolo zanesen gå omkring och tråna (drömma) เดินละเมอ dalgın dalgın dolaşmak 出神癡想(尤指戀愛時) блукати поглядом محبت میں دیوانہ وار پھرنا luẩn quẩn 出神
A Frenchman, an enthusiastic Parisian, as witty as he was bold, asked to be enclosed in the projectile, in order that he might reach the moon, and reconnoiter this terrestrial satellite.
Consequently, their arrival on the lunar disc could not take place until the 5th of December at twelve at night, at the exact moment when the moon should be full, and not on the
What startled eyes Uplifted from the restless stream first met The full round glory of the moon! Yon orb That pales upon the flood of broad Kiang, When did she first through twilight mists unveil Her wonders to the world?
One morning as Don Quixote went out for a stroll along the beach, arrayed in full armour (for, as he often said, that was "his only gear, his only rest the fray," and he never was without it for a moment), he saw coming towards him a knight, also in full armour, with a shining moon painted on his shield, who, on approaching sufficiently near to be heard, said in a loud voice, addressing himself to Don Quixote, "Illustrious knight, and never sufficiently extolled Don Quixote of La Mancha, I am the Knight of the White Moon, whose unheard-of achievements will perhaps have recalled him to thy memory.
The Knight of the White Moon had been seen from the city, and it was told the viceroy how he was in conversation with Don Quixote.
"Very good; then here we have it--'4 June, total eclipse of the moon commences at 8.15 Greenwich time, visible in Teneriffe--/South Africa/, &c.' There's a sign for you.
Come hither"; and I led them to the door of the hut and pointed to the red ball of the moon. "What see ye there?"
Both of Mars' moons are vastly nearer her than is our moon to Earth; the nearer moon being but about five thousand miles distant, while the further is but little more than fourteen thousand miles away, against the nearly one-quarter million miles which separate us from our moon.
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