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Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, singular, singular-only, with-definite-article
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name
The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Cynthia, Luna, Selene, ☾, ☽
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name
A personification of the moon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, paganism, philosophy, religion, sciences
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The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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name
A surname.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Mosinee, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
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noun
Any natural satellite of a planet.
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Usage: broadly, informal
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noun
A month, particularly a lunar month.
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Usage: literary
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noun
A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
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noun
A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
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noun
The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
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noun
The thirty-second Lenormand card.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cartomancy, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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verb
To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
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verb
To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
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Usage: colloquial, intransitive
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verb
(usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
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Usage: colloquial, intransitive
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verb
To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
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verb
To expose to the rays of the Moon.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To adorn with moons or crescents.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon)
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Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
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verb
To shoot the moon.
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Topics: card-games, games
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noun
any natural satellite of a planet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: satellite
Narrower terms: Triton
noun
the natural satellite of the Earth
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Broader terms: satellite
noun
any object resembling a moon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: object, physical object
noun
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Sun Myung Moon
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Broader terms: religious leader
noun
the light of the Moon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: moonlight, moonshine
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Broader terms: light, visible light, visible radiation
noun
the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lunar month, lunation, synodic month
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Broader terms: month
verb
expose one's buttocks to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: expose, exhibit, display
verb
be idle in a listless or dreamy way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: moon around, moon on
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Broader terms: idle, laze, slug, stagnate
verb
have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: daydream
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Broader terms: idle, laze, slug, stagnate
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh1-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh1n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon From Middle English mon, mona, mone, monæ, moone, moyn, moyne, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh1n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh1- (“to measure”). Cognates Cognate with Scots muin, mune (“moon”), Yola mona, moone (“moon”), North Frisian moune, muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Alemannic German Maan, manä, manòd, mànund, meini, moanu, Mond (“moon”), Bavarian mone (“moon”), Central Franconian Mond (“moon”), Cimbrian ma, maano, må (“moon”), Dutch maan, maen (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Limburgish maon, maond, moan, mond, Moën, Mǫnt, Mǫe̩nt, Mǫǫnt (“moon”), Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”), Mòcheno mu' (“moon”), Vilamovian mönd, mönt (“moon”), West Flemish moane (“moon”), Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”), Norn måni (“moon”), Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”); also Cornish and Welsh mis (“month”), Irish mí (“month”), Manx mee (“month”), Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”), Latin mēnsis (“month”), Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, “Moon”), Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”), Albanian muaj (“month”), Latvian mēnesis (“month”), mēness (“moon”), Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”), Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”), Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”), Czech měsíc (“moon; month”), Polish miesiąc, mięsiąc, mniesiąc, niesiąc (“moon; month”), Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц, мје̏се̄ц, mȅsēc, mjȅsēc (“moon; month”), Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”), Slovene mesec (“moon; month”), Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”), Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”), Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (måŋha, “moon”), Bactrian μαο (mao), μαυο (mauo, “month”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”), Northern Kurdish meh (“month”), Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”), Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”), Persian مه (mah), ماه (māh / mâh, “moon; month”), Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”), Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”), Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”), Sanskrit मस् (mas), मास् (mās, “moon; month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European. The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.
[Alt: Bright face of the Moon] From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh1n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh1- (“to measure”). Doublet of Máni.
* A variant of Mohan, from Irish. * A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce. * An Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname. * A variant of Mun, from Korean. * A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 /万 (Wàn), and 滿 /满 (Mǎn). * Possibly from Cantonese 滿 /满 (mun5, “full; complete”).
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