Moon Definition

mo͝on
mooned, mooning, moons
noun
moons
The celestial body that revolves around the earth from west to east in c. 2713 days with reference to the stars and once in c. 2912 days with reference to the sun, and that accompanies the earth in its yearly revolution about the sun: diameter, c. 3,476 km (c. 2,160 mi); mean distance from the earth, c. 384,404 km (c. 238,857 mi); mean density, c.35 that of the earth; mass, c.181; volume, c.149
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This body as it appears during a particular lunar month or period of time, or at a particular time of the month.
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A month; esp., a lunar month.
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Any natural satellite; esp., a natural satellite of a planet.
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pronoun

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

Wiktionary

(paganism) The god of the Moon in Heathenry.

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verb
mooned, mooning
To behave in an idle, dreamy, or abstracted way, as when in love.
Webster's New World
To pass (time) in mooning.
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To yearn or pine as if infatuated.
American Heritage
To engage in the prank of momentarily baring one's buttocks in public.
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To expose one's buttocks to (someone) as a prank.
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idiom
over the moon
  • In a state of great happiness.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Moon

Noun

Singular:
moon
Plural:
moons

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Moon

Origin of Moon

  • From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon"), from Proto-Germanic *mÄ“nô (“moon"), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁nÌ¥s (“moon, month"), from *mÄ“-² (“to measure"). Cognate with Scots mone, mune (“moone"), North Frisian muun (“moon"), West Frisian moanne (“moon"), Dutch maan (“moon"), German Mond (“moon"), Swedish mÃ¥ne (“moon"), Icelandic máni (“moon"), Latin mÄ“nsis (“month"). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mÄ“nô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁nÌ¥s (“moon, month"), from *mÄ“-² (“to measure")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English moone from Old English mōna mē-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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