Moon — English Dictionary

Proper noun

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

   Synonyms

   CynthiaLunaSelenemul:☾mul:☽

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   I kind of have two Moons up there. I look at the Moon just like everybody else who's never been there. But every once in a while I do think of the second Moon, the one that I recall from up close and, yeah, it is kind of hard to believe that I was actually up there.

2. A personification of the moon.

   Examples

   Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence.

   Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.

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   Moon's Day.

   Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.

3. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Proper noun

1. A surname.

2. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.

3. A number of places in the United States: A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

4. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.

5. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.

6. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Mosinee, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Noun

1. the light of the Moon

   Synonyms

   moonlightmoonshine

   Broader terms

   lightvisible lightvisible radiation

   Examples

   moonlight is the smuggler's enemy

   the Moon was bright enough to read by