NOUN | object | Moon / moon | the natural satellite of the Earth |
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object | moon | any object resembling a moon | |
time | moon, lunar month, lunation, synodic month | the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) | |
phenomenon | Moon, moonlight, moonshine | the light of the Moon | |
person | Moon, Sun Myung Moon | United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954 | |
object | moon | any natural satellite of a planet | |
VERB | social | moon, daydream | have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake |
social | moon, moon around, moon on | be idle in a listless or dreamy way | |
perception | moon | expose one's buttocks to |
Sounds | muw'n | |
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Rhymes | afternoon ... Witherspoon: 64 rhymes with uwn... |
Meaning | The natural satellite of the Earth. | |
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Instance of | satellite | Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star |
Spanish | Luna, luna | |
Catalan | lluna | |
Adjectives | lunar | of or relating to or associated with the moon |
lunisolar | relating to or attributed to the moon and the sun or their mutual relations | |
sublunar, sublunary, cislunar | situated between the earth and the moon | |
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary | situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth |
Meaning | Any object resembling a moon. | |
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Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
Spanish | luna | |
Catalan | lluna | |
Verbs | moon | expose one's buttocks to |
Meaning | The period between successive new moons (29.531 days). | |
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Synonyms | lunar month, lunation, synodic month | |
Part of | lunar year | A period of 12 lunar months |
Broader | month | A time unit of approximately 30 days |
Spanish | lunación, luna, mes lunar, mes sinódico | |
Catalan | llunació, lluna, mes lunar, mes sinòdic |
Meaning | The light of the Moon. | |
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Synonyms | moonlight, moonshine | |
Parts | moonbeam, moon ray, moon-ray | A ray of moonlight |
Broader | light, visible light, visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation |
Spanish | claro de luna, luz de la luna, luz de luna | |
Catalan | llum de la lluna, llum de lluna | |
Adjectives | moony | lighted by moonlight |
Meaning | 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). | |
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Synonym | Sun Myung Moon | |
Instance of | religious leader | leader of a religious order |
Spanish | Sun Myung Moon | |
Catalan | Sun Myung Moon |
Meaning | Any natural satellite of a planet. | |
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Example | "Jupiter has sixteen moons" | |
Instances | Triton | The largest moon of Neptune |
Broader | satellite | Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star |
Spanish | luna, satélite | |
Catalan | lluna |
Meaning | Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Model | Sam and Sue moon over the results of the experiment | |
Synonym | daydream | |
Broader | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | Be idle |
Spanish | soñar despierto |
Meaning | Be idle in a listless or dreamy way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | moon around, moon on | |
Broader | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | Be idle |
Meaning | expose one's buttocks to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "moon the audience" | |
Broader | expose, exhibit, display | To show, make visible or apparent |
Nouns | moon | any object resembling a moon |
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