moon
Definitions
- The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
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Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). alt-of, singular, singular-only, with-definite-article
- Any natural satellite of a planet.
- A surname.
- A month, particularly a lunar month.
- A personification of the moon.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
- Slang To expose one's buttocks to (others) as a prank or disrespectful gesture: "threatened to moon a passing ... camera crew" (Vanity Fair).
- windshield
- A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
- The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
- In a state of great happiness.
- ellipsis of pez luna (“sunfish”)
- A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
- A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
- the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon’s surface. — selenographer, selenographist, n. — selenographic, selenographical, adj.
- shirt
- The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
- An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
- the worship of the moon.
- shield
- The thirty-second Lenormand card.
- An unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- the branch of astronomy that studies the physical characteristics of the moon. — selenologist, n. — selenological, adj.
- In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
- a form of divination involving observation of the moon.
- (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, meh...
- 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 ...
- (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 månske...
- 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 másodállás...
Equivalents
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Afrikaansmaan
አማርኛጨረቃ
བོད་སྐད།ཟླ་བ
Catalàlluna
Esperantoluno
Eestikuu
Euskarailargi
Vosa Vakavitivula
ગુજરાતીચંદ્ર
Hausawata
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻimahina
हिन्दीइंदुउपग्रहकमरचंदचंद्रचंद्रमाचन्द्रमाचाँदजोन्हमयंकमहताबमांसमाहमृगांकरैनपतिशशांकशशिसुधांशुसोमहिमांशु
Қазақ тіліай
Кыргызчаай
LëtzebuergeschMound
Lingálasanza
Malagasyvolana
Македонскимесечина
मराठीचंद्र
Maltiqamar
नेपालीचन्द्रमा
پښتوسپوږمۍ
Românăluna
Ikinyarwandaukwezi
سنڌيچنڊ
Slovenčinamesiac
ChiShonamwedzi
Soomaalidayax
Sesothokgwedi
Kiswahilimwezi
ትግርኛወርሒ
Türkmençeaý
O'zbekchaoy
Wolofweer
isiXhosainyanga
Yorùbáòṣùpá
isiZuluinyanga
Examples
“Immediatly after the tribulacions off thoſe dayes / ſhall the ſun be derkeneth: and the mone ſhall not geve her light⟳ / and the ſtarrꝭ ſhall fall⟳ from heven / and the powers of hevẽ ſhall move⟳”
“"I suppose⟳ I may have⟳ leave⟳ to do that!" Yes, she could do that, he said, but there was no road to that place⟳; it lay⟳ east of the sun and west of the moon, and she could never find⟳ her way there.”
“The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.”
“That's no moon, you idiot... it's a space station!”
“The field’s practitioners believe⟳ that as they learn⟳ to read⟳ the universe using neutrinos, they could make⟳ new, unexpected discoveries — much as the lensmakers who first developed the telescope could not have⟳ imagined that Galileo would later use⟳ it to discover⟳ the moons of Jupiter.”
“They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.”
“For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, Till now some nine moons wasted, they have⟳ used Their dearest action in the tented field…”
“They number⟳ their age by Moons or Winters, and say⟳ a Woman or a Man is so many Moons old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so many Moons or Winters since such or such a thing happened.”
“Many moons had waxed and waned when on the afternoon of a lovely summer day a lusty broad-boned knight was riding through the forest of Sherwood.”
““From whence came the yellow metal, Busuli?” he asked. The black pointed toward the southeast. “A moon’s march⟳ away—maybe more,” he replied.”
“2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey. Through eerie reach⟳ of ancient woods / Where lumbering mists arise⟳ / I journey for nines moons of the year / To where a land⟳ of legend lies”
“The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.”
“The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.”
“I kind of have⟳ two Moons up there. I look⟳ at the Moon just like⟳ everybody else who's never been there. But every once in a while I do think⟳ of the second Moon, the one that I recall⟳ from up close⟳ and, yeah, it is kind of hard to believe⟳ that I was actually up there.”
“Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence.”
“Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call⟳ this time a month.”
“Moon's Day.”
“Sun come⟳, Moon come⟳, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain⟳, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come⟳, Moon come⟳, etc.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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