moon

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[edit] English

The moon
The Moon (full)

[edit] Etymology

From Old English mōna from Proto-Germanic *mænon- from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“‘moon, month’”) from *mē-² (“‘to measure’”)

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the moon

  1. The Moon, the satellite of planet Earth.

[edit] Noun

Singular
moon

Plural
moons

moon (plural moons)

  1. Any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet.
  2. (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
    Many moons ago...

[edit] Quotations

  • 1957, Ed Heruhy, “NEW MOON Reds Launch First Space Satellite”, International News, Universal
    Today a new moon is in the sky, a twenty-three-inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a Russian rocket.

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the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth
any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet
month
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to moon

Third person singular
moons

Simple past
mooned

Past participle
mooned

Present participle
mooning

to moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)

  1. (transitive, slang) To display one’s buttocks to, in jest.
  2. (intransitive) (usually followed by over or about) To fuss over adoringly or with great affection.
    Sarah mooned over Sam’s photograph for months.

[edit] Translations

to display one’s buttocks to
to fuss over adoringly

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