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- [moon]
- /mun/
- /muːn/
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- [moon]
- /mun/
Definitions of moon word
- noun moon Sun Myung [suhn myuhng] /sʌn myʌŋ/ (Show IPA), 1920–2012, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church. 1
- verb without object moon to act or wander abstractedly or listlessly: You've been mooning about all day. 1
- verb without object moon to sentimentalize or remember nostalgically: He spent the day mooning about his lost love. 1
- verb without object moon to gaze dreamily or sentimentally at something or someone: They sat there mooning into each other's eyes. 1
- verb without object moon Slang. to expose one's buttocks suddenly and publicly as a prank or gesture of disrespect. 1
- verb with object moon to spend (time) idly: to moon the afternoon away. 1
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Origin of moon
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English mone, Old English mōna; cognate with Old High German māno, Old Norse māni, Gothic mena; akin to German Mond moon, Latin mēnsis month, Greek mḗnē moon, Sanskrit māsa moon, month
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Moon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
moon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
moon usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for moon
verb moon
- daydream — A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
- yearn — to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.
- pine — Archaic. painful longing.
- idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- mope — to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
noun moon
- crescent — A crescent is a curved shape that is wider in the middle than at its ends, like the shape of the moon during its first and last quarters. It is the most important symbol of the Islamic faith.
- half-moon — the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- pumpkin — a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
- satellite — Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
Antonyms for moon
verb moon
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- abhor — If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
- despise — If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
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