moonlight Definition
moon·light (mo̵̅o̅n′līt′)
noun
the light of the moon
adjective
- of moonlight
- lighted by the moon
- done or occurring by moonlight, or at night
intransitive verb
☆ to engage in moonlighting
moonlight Related Forms
moon′·light′er noun
moonlight Synonyms
moonlight Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- illuminate: In the field, illuminated by the moonlight are rows upon rows of skulls, planted like cabbages.
- affect: But it should be sufficient to determine, for example, whether a particular night's observing will be affected by moonlight.
Converse of object
- cruise: And the main cruises moonlight cruises luggage in hope.
- reflect: These have light detecting instruments which are used to assess cloud cover at night, by picking up moonlight reflected from clouds.
- watch: At last she leaned over the balustrade, and her eyes filled with tears as she watched the moonlight turning the flowers to silver.
- see: Linger to see the moonlight scattered through the temple ruins, or rise early for the gently awakening dawn over the acropolis.
- shine: And I took him to a place where the moonlight shone on Friday night, when there was a full moon.
Adjective modifier
- pale: Inside lay the dead body, ghostly white in the pale moonlight.
- bright: By the bright moonlight, she perceived me lying on the ground.
- brilliant: In brilliant moonlight, Jesmond was attacked, a few IBs dropped in Reid Park Road and St George's Terrace.
- dangerous: The RKO studios had nearly finished the shooting of Dangerous Moonlight when they approached Rachmaninov himself for permission to use his Piano Concerto No.2.
- strong: They are backlit by very strong moonlight coming through the trees.
- full: Strong, full moonlight is on the borderline of being enough light to cease floral induction entirely.
Modifies a noun
- flit: People regularly moved house in search of work, and would sometimes do a " moonlight flit " when rent arrears were due.
- sonata: Moonlight Sonata: Beethoven Just a great piece of music to lose yourself in.
- night: Two men were once walking home toward Langton village on a clear moonlight night.
- scene: Another very fine moonlight scene; perhaps the best-known print of the set.
- tour: W hat was great about my moonlight tour is the number of doors.
- gourami: Various mollies including young 3x medium angel fish 2x moonlight gourami 1x large plec and lots more.
Modifying Another Word
also: I also moonlight on various small projects which I find interesting.
Browse dictionary entries near moonlight
- ‹ moonlet
- ‹ moonless
- ‹ moonish
- ‹ Moonie
- ‹ moonflower
- ‹ moonfish
- ‹ mooned
- ‹ mooncalf
- ‹ moonbeam
- ‹ moon-shaped
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- moonseed ›
- moonset ›
- moonshine ›
- moonshiner ›

