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moon

Pronunciation: /muːn/

The English word “moon” has 15 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any natural satellite of a planet.
  2. A month, particularly a lunar month.
  3. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
  4. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
  5. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
  6. The thirty-second Lenormand card.
  7. In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

verb

  1. To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
  2. To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
  3. To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
  4. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  5. To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  6. To adorn with moons or crescents.
  7. To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon)
  8. To shoot the moon.

Etymology

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognates Cognate with Scots muin, mune (“moon”), Yola mona, moone (“moon”), North Frisian moune, muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Alemannic…

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