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Meaning & Definition of Moon in English

English

Moon

/mun/

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"
synonym:
  • Moon,
  • moon

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"
synonym:
  • moon

3. The period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

synonym:
  • lunar month,
  • moon,
  • lunation,
  • synodic month

4. The light of the moon

  • "Moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"
  • "The moon was bright enough to read by"
synonym:
  • moonlight,
  • moonshine,
  • Moon

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)
synonym:
  • Moon,
  • Sun Myung Moon

6. Any natural satellite of a planet

  • "Jupiter has sixteen moons"
synonym:
  • moon

verb

1. Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake

  • "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
synonym:
  • daydream,
  • moon

2. Be idle in a listless or dreamy way

synonym:
  • moon,
  • moon around,
  • moon on

3. Expose one's buttocks to

  • "Moon the audience"
synonym:
  • moon

Examples of using

There is nothing new under the moon.
The moon turns the roofs in the village to silver.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.