moon | Lernwerd

Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: moons

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): moon
past (v2): mooned
past participle (v3): mooned
present participle: mooning
3rd person singular: moons

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.Any natural satellite of a planet.(informal)
- That's no moon, you idiot.. it's a space station!
- The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.
2.A month, particularly a lunar month.
- They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.
- “From whence came the yellow metal, Busuli?” he asked. The black pointed toward the southeast. “A moon’s march away, maybe more,” he replied.
- Many moons had waxed and waned when on the afternoon of a lovely summer day a lusty broad-boned knight was riding through the forest of Sherwood.
3.A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
- The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.
4.A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
- The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.(colloquial)
- The hooligans mooned the riot police.
- It was ill-advised of Sam to moon the photographer during the shoot.
2.To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.(colloquial)
- To completely back down now would be as unnatural as mooning in front of your girlfriend's parents.
- Bradly stood bewitched, mooning at the moon. Betimes he bent in a grotesque posture and looked at it between his legs, which was to rid his mind of preconceived colour values by seeing them upside down.
3.(usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.(colloquial)
- Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
- You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
4.To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
- I mooned around. I was mighty sick of the room by then.
- We were only three on board. The poor old skipper mooned in the cabin.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1708

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Uncommon
General reading & writing: Common
Academic: Rare
Literature: Uncommon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s

Proto-Germanic *mēnô

Proto-West Germanic *mānō

Old English mōna

Middle English mone

English moon

Cognate with Scots muin, mune (“moon”), Yola mona, moone (“moon”), North Frisian moune, muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Alemannic German Maan, manä, manòd, mànund, meini, moanu, Mond (“moon”), Bavarian mone (“moon”), Central Franconian Mond (“moon”), Cimbrian ma, maano, må (“moon”), Dutch maan, maen (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Limburgish maon, maond, moan, mond, Moën, Mǫnt, Mǫe̩nt, Mǫǫnt (“moon”), Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”), Mòcheno mu' (“moon”), Vilamovian mönd, mönt (“moon”), West Flemish moane (“moon”), Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”), Norn måni (“moon”), Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”); also Cornish and Welsh mis (“month”), Irish mí (“month”), Manx mee (“month”), Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”), Latin mēnsis (“month”), Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, “Moon”), Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”), Albanian muaj (“month”), Latvian mēnesis (“month”), mēness (“moon”), Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”), Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”), Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”), Czech měsíc (“moon; month”), Polish miesiąc, mięsiąc, mniesiąc, niesiąc (“moon; month”), Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц, мје̏се̄ц, mȅsēc, mjȅsēc (“moon; month”), Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”), Slovene mesec (“moon; month”), Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”), Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”), Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (måŋha, “moon”), Bactrian μαο (mao), μαυο (mauo, “month”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”), Northern Kurdish meh (“month”), Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”), Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”), Persian مه (mah), ماه (māh / mâh, “moon; month”), Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”), Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”), Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”), Sanskrit मस् (mas), मास् (mās, “moon; month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.