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moon 
[moon] Pronunciation Key
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[moon] Pronunciation Key –noun
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–verb (used with object)
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| 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. Compare full moon, half-moon, new moon, waning moon, waxing moon. |
| 3. | a lunar month, or, in general, a month. |
| 4. | any planetary satellite: the moons of Jupiter. |
| 5. | something shaped like an orb or a crescent. |
| 6. | moonlight. |
| 7. | a platyfish. |
| 8. | Slang. the buttocks, esp. when bared. |
| 9. | to act or wander abstractedly or listlessly: You've been mooning about all day. |
| 10. | to sentimentalize or remember nostalgically: He spent the day mooning about his lost love. |
| 11. | to gaze dreamily or sentimentally at something or someone: They sat there mooning into each other's eyes. |
| 12. | Slang. to expose one's buttocks suddenly and publicly as a prank or gesture of disrespect. |
| 13. | to spend (time) idly: to moon the afternoon away. |
| 14. | to illuminate by or align against the moon. |
| 15. | Slang. to expose one's buttocks to as a prank or gesture of disrespect. |
| 16. | blue moon, a very long period of time: Such a chance comes once in a blue moon. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME mone, OE mōna; c. OHG māno, ON māni, Goth mena; akin to G Mond moon, L ménsis month, Gk m
né moon, Skt māsa moon, month]
né moon, Skt māsa moon, month] —Related forms
mooner, noun
moonless, adjective
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Moon
[moon] Pronunciation Key
[moon] Pronunciation Key –noun
| Sun Myung
[suhn myuhng] Pronunciation Key, born 1920, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church. |
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| moon
(mōōn) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. mooned, moon·ing, moons v. intr.
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). [Middle English moone, from Old English mōna; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Moon
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Korean-born American religious leader and founder of the Unification Church (1954). He was found guilty in 1982 of conspiracy to evade taxes in the United States. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
moon (n.)
moon (n.)
O.E. mona, from P.Gmc. *mænon- (cf. O.S., O.H.G. mano, O.Fris. mona, O.N. mani, Du. maan, Ger. Mond, Goth. mena "moon"), from PIE *me(n)ses- "moon, month" (cf. Skt. masah "moon, month;" Avestan ma, Pers. mah, Arm. mis "month;" Gk. mene "moon," men "month;" L. mensis "month;" O.C.S. meseci, Lith. menesis "moon, month;" O.Ir. mi, Welsh mis, Bret. miz "month"), probably from base *me- "to measure," in ref. to the moon's phases as the measure of time. In Gk., Italic, Celtic, Armenian the cognate words now mean only "month." Gk. selene (Lesbian selanna) is from selas "light, brightness (of heavenly bodies)." Extended 1665 to satellites of other planets. To shoot the moon "leave without paying rent" is British slang from c.1823; card-playing sense perhaps infl. by gambler's shoot the works (1922) "go for broke" in shooting dice. The man in the moon is mentioned since c.1310; he carries a bundle of thorn-twigs and is accompanied by a dog. The Japanese, however, see a rice-cake-making rabbit in the moon.
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moon (v.)
moon (v.)
1601, "to expose to moonlight;" later "idle about" (1836), "move listlessly" (1848), probably on notion of being moon struck, which is attested from 1674; cf. Gk. selenobletos. The meaning "to flash the buttocks" is first recorded 1968, U.S. student slang, from moon (n.) "buttocks" (1756), "probably from the idea of pale circularity" [Ayto]. See moon (n.).
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| moon | |
noun | |
| 1. | the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969" |
| 2. | any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases" |
| 3. | the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn: lunar month] |
| 4. | the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight] |
| 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) |
| 6. | any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons" |
verb | |
| 1. | have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" [syn: daydream] |
| 2. | be idle in a listless or dreamy way |
| 3. | expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience" |
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Our Living Language : The Earth's Moon is a desolate and quiet place. The only natural satellite of Earth, it consists almost entirely of rock, shows no signs of ongoing geologic activity, has no water, and has a very thin atmosphere consisting primarily of sodium. But our Moon does not present a typical case for planetary satellites. Over the last 50 years, over a hundred more moons have been discovered in the solar system, so that they now total 138, nearly all of them orbiting the larger planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus (Mercury, Venus, and Pluto have no moons, while Mars has two). Because they are so far from the Sun, these moons are for the most part extremely cold. Io, one of Jupiter's 63 known moons, is an exception. It is the most geologically active body in the solar system, with almost constant volcanic activity and a surface covered by cooling lava. Some scientists think that another moon of Jupiter, Europa, may have liquid water capable of supporting life underneath a thick layer of surface ice. Titan, one of Saturn's moons, may also be capable of supporting primitive life in the ocean of liquid methane on its frigid surface. |
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moon
moon
A natural satellite of a planet; an object that revolves around a planet. The planets vary in the number of their moons; for example, Mercury and Venus have none, the Earth has one, and Jupiter has seventeen or more. The planets' moons, like the planets themselves, shine by reflected light.
Note: The Earth's moon is about 240,000 miles away and is about 2,000 miles in diameter. The volume of the Earth is fifty times that of the moon; the mass of the Earth is about eighty times that of the moon. The moon has no atmosphere, and its gravity is about one-sixth that of the Earth.
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Moon Twp, PA Zip code(s): 15108
Half Moon Bay, CA (city, FIPS 31708) Location: 37.47012 N, 122.43690 W
Population (1990): 8886 (3402 housing units)
Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 94019
Moon, VA Zip code(s): 23119
Carnot-Moon, PA (CDP, FIPS 11348) Location: 40.51857 N, 80.21416 W
Population (1990): 10187 (4256 housing units)
Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Half Moon, NC (CDP, FIPS 28900) Location: 34.82701 N, 77.46649 W
Population (1990): 6306 (2106 housing units)
Area: 16.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Moon\, n. [OE. mone, AS. m[=o]na; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. m[=a]no, G. mond, Icel. m[=a]ni, Dan. maane, Sw. m[*a]ne, Goth. m[=e]na, Lith. men?, L. mensis month, Gr. ? moon, ? month, Skr. m[=a]s moon, month; prob. from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure), from its serving to measure the time. [root]271. Cf. Mete to measure, Menses, Monday, Month.]1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month. The crescent moon, the diadem of night. --Cowper. 2. A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn. 3. The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month. --Shak. 4. (Fort.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon. Moon blindness. (a) (Far.) A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks. (b) (Med.) Hemeralopia. Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight. Moon face, a round face like a full moon. Moon madness, lunacy. [Poetic] Moon month, a lunar month. Moon trefoil (Bot.), a shrubby species of medic (Medicago arborea). See Medic. Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen.
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Moon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooning.] To expose to the rays of the moon. If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned. --Holland.
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Moon\, v. i. To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner. Elsley was mooning down the river by himself. --C. Kingsley.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Moon
heb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the "white" (Cant. 6:10; Isa. 24:23), was appointed by the Creator to be with the sun "for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years" (Gen. 1:14-16). A lunation was among the Jews the period of a month, and several of their festivals were held on the day of the new moon. It is frequently referred to along with the sun (Josh. 10:12; Ps. 72:5, 7, 17; 89:36, 37; Eccl. 12:2; Isa. 24:23, etc.), and also by itself (Ps. 8:3; 121:6). The great brilliance of the moon in Eastern countries led to its being early an object of idolatrous worship (Deut. 4:19; 17:3; Job 31:26), a form of idolatry against which the Jews were warned (Deut. 4:19; 17:3). They, however, fell into this idolatry, and offered incense (2 Kings 23:5; Jer. 8:2), and also cakes of honey, to the moon (Jer. 7:18; 44:17-19, 25).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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