Definitions for moon

Definitions for (noun) moon

Main entry: moon

Definition: any natural satellite of a planet

Usage: Jupiter has sixteen moons


Main entry: moon, Moon

Definition: the natural satellite of the Earth

Usage: the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers; men first stepped on the moon in 1969


Main entry: moon, Moon

Definition: the natural satellite of the Earth

Usage: the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers; men first stepped on the moon in 1969


Main entry: moon

Definition: any object resembling a moon

Usage: he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light; the clock had a moon that showed various phases


Main entry: Moon, Sun Myung Moon

Definition: 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)


Main entry: Moon, moonlight, moonshine

Definition: the light of the Moon

Usage: moonlight is the smuggler's enemy; the Moon was bright enough to read by


Main entry: moon, lunar month, lunation, synodic month

Definition: the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)


Definitions for (verb) moon

Main entry: moon

Definition: expose one's buttocks to

Usage: moon the audience


Main entry: moon, moon around, moon on

Definition: be idle in a listless or dreamy way


Main entry: daydream, moon

Definition: have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake

Usage: She looked out the window, daydreaming


Visual thesaurus for moon