Moon Definition

mo͝on

mooned, mooning, moons

noun

moons

The celestial body that revolves around the earth from west to east in c. 27¹₃ days with reference to the stars and once in c. 29¹₂ days with reference to the sun, and that accompanies the earth in its yearly revolution about the sun: diameter, c. 3,476 km (c. 2,160 mi); mean distance from the earth, c. 384,404 km (c. 238,857 mi); mean density, c.³₅ that of the earth; mass, c.¹₈₁; volume, c.¹₄₉

Webster's New World

This body as it appears during a particular lunar month or period of time, or at a particular time of the month.

Webster's New World

A month; esp., a lunar month.

Webster's New World

Moonlight.

Webster's New World

Any natural satellite; esp., a natural satellite of a planet.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
synodic-month
lunation
lunar-month
moonshine
moonlight
sun myung moon
moon
sailor's friend
wet moon
dry moon
moon-goddess
halfmoon
planetoid
secondary planet
phoebe

pronoun

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

Wiktionary

(paganism) The god of the Moon in Heathenry.

Wiktionary

A surname.

Wiktionary

verb

mooned, mooning

To behave in an idle, dreamy, or abstracted way, as when in love.

Webster's New World

To pass (time) in mooning.

Webster's New World

To yearn or pine as if infatuated.

American Heritage

To engage in the prank of momentarily baring one's buttocks in public.

Webster's New World

To expose one's buttocks to (someone) as a prank.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
moon-around
moon on
daydream

Antonyms:

idiom

over the moon

In a state of great happiness.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Moon

Noun

Singular:

moon

Plural:

moons

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Moon

over the moon

Origin of Moon

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon"), from Proto-Germanic *mÄ“nô (“moon"), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁nÌ¥s (“moon, month"), from *mÄ“-² (“to measure"). Cognate with Scots mone, mune (“moone"), North Frisian muun (“moon"), West Frisian moanne (“moon"), Dutch maan (“moon"), German Mond (“moon"), Swedish mÃ¥ne (“moon"), Icelandic máni (“moon"), Latin mÄ“nsis (“month"). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

From Wiktionary
From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mÄ“nô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁nÌ¥s (“moon, month"), from *mÄ“-² (“to measure")

From Wiktionary
Middle English moone from Old English mōna mē-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition