Definition
[n] any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"
[n] the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"
[n] 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"
[n] the light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by"
[n] the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
[v] expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"
[v] be idle in a listless or dreamy way
[v] have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
Synonyms
daydream, lunar month, lunation, moon around, moon on, moonlight, moonshine, synodic month
See Also...
display, exhibit, expose, idle, laze, light, lunar year, month, moonbeam, moonray, object, physical object, satellite, slug, stagnate, visible light, visible radiation
Related Terms
abundant year, academic year, annum, April showers, Artemis, artificial satellite, Ashtoreth, Astarte, be absent, bissextile year, bum around, calendar month, calendar year, candle, century, chameleon, cloud shapes, common year, crescent, crescent moon, C
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