moon1 nounmoon2 verb
moonmoon1 /muːn/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 
WORD ORIGINmoon1
Origin:
Old English monaEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- the moons of Saturn
- There's no moon tonight.
- Already the moon was up, a full moon bathing everything in a pale blue light.
- But it was like the moon.
- I opened my eyes and through the cabin window saw the sliver of the moon just over the horizon.
- It fell on my legs and lap through the skylight, a lovely slow silver moon.
- Staff here are all over the moon.
- There was nothing she could not do, he said, check the stars, even, and the moon.
- We arrived by the light of the moon.
- You spend the next two days en route to the moon.
THESAURUSin the sky
a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky: · The dark night sky was clear and full of stars.
one of the large objects that goes around the Sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or Mars: · The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.
the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universe: · The sun came out from behind a cloud.· a dying sun
the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planet: · The moon rose in the night sky.· Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.
a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Mars: · the asteroid belt
a type of star that is far away in space and produces radiation and radio waves
an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightly
a very large exploding star
a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name: · The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky.
one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe: · Astronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away.
all space, including all the stars and planets: · How many planets in the universe have life?
Longman Language Activatorvery happy because something good has happened · When she saw the new car, she was delighted.delighted about · His parents were absolutely delighted about the baby.delighted at · Andrea was delighted at the chance to go to the Bolshoi ballet.delighted to hear/see/learn/be etc · I was delighted to hear you were getting married.delighted (that) · We are delighted that the negotiations have been completed successfully.
very happy and excited about something that has happened: · You should go for a visit - my parents would be thrilled.thrilled with: · Louise is thrilled with the changes she has seen in her son's behavior.thrilled at/by: · She was thrilled at the possibility of being sent to Europe.thrilled (that): · My mother's thrilled that the new house is so close to the park.thrilled to do something: · She was thrilled to have her picture taken with Mel Gibson.thrilled to bits (=very thrilled): · We were thrilled to bits when our daughter appeared on TV.
to feel extremely happy and confident because you are very successful or because something very good has happened to you: · Since the baby came Anna's been on top of the world.· After Mark got the promotion, he was sitting on top of the world.
British informal to be very happy about something good that has happened, especially something that makes you proud of yourself: · "How does it feel to have scored the winning goal?" "Over the moon, Brian."· When she discovered she'd got the job she was over the moon.
written very happy about something, especially a piece of good news: · Naturally I was overjoyed when I was offered the part in the play.overjoyed to see/hear/learn/be etc: · My parents were overjoyed to see my brother again.
extremely happy and excited about something: · The kids were ecstatic when we brought home the new video game system.ecstatic about/over: · Coggan said his clients were ecstatic about the judge's ruling.
use this about a crowd of people who are very happy about something, for example because they have won something: · The jubilant fans lifted the players up on their shoulders.
written very happy and excited for a short time, especially because you have achieved something that is important to you: · When I told her the news I thought she'd be elated.elated by/at/with: · Jeremy felt elated by this sudden and unexpected success.· Elated with the election victory, the crowd waved banners and chanted.
a group of people that are joyful are extremely happy, especially because they are celebrating a happy event - used especially in literature: · The streets of the city were filled with joyful crowds celebrating the New Year.· After their election victory, party members seemed positively joyful.
looking extremely happy: · He was radiant with excitement when he came off the stage.· She announced, with a radiant smile, that she was going to have a baby.
rarely/not often not at all often. Seldom is more formal than rarely and is used especially in written English: · The Queen rarely speaks to journalists.· Discipline is rarely a problem in this school.· They're a very nice young couple, although I very seldom see them.rarely does/has somebody: · Very rarely do we have a complaint from any of our customers.· Seldom have I seen such a miraculous recovery in one of my patients.rarely/seldom, if ever: · Anti-government demonstrations do occur, but they are seldom, if ever, reported in the press.
· I don't often see my grandchildren.· Sometimes, but not very often, Pippa persuaded her father to lend her his car.· Tina didn't get to work until ten o'clock this morning, which is unusual because she's not often late.it's not often (that) · Of course I'm going to take the job, it's not often that you get a chance like this.
almost never: · My grandmother hardly ever goes out of the house.· She's hardly ever ill.· We scarcely ever walk through the town without meeting someone we know.· There used to be a lot of disputes over land boundaries but nowadays such problems scarcely ever arise.
informal extremely rarely: · I used to spend a lot of time in London, but now I only go there once in a blue moon.· Once in a blue moon Eric will offer to help with the dishes, but usually he doesn't do any housework at all.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + moon
a crescent moon The moon shone brightly in the sky.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The moon was very bright.
(=with a completely round shape)· A full moon hung low in the sky.
(=looking like half a circle)· A half moon was up now, pale and cool.
(=with a thin curved shape)· The stars and thin crescent moon gave just enough light to see the path.
(=a very thin moon which is just starting to get bigger)· It was twilight and a new moon was rising.
· It was a frosty night, with a cold silver moon.
· Her face glowed in the light of the pale moon.
(=the full moon that appears in late September or early October)· Over the potato fields a harvest moon was rising.
verbs· The moon shone through the window.
(also the moon comes up)· He watched the full moon come up over the trees.
· A brilliant moon appeared over the mountains.
(=appears as it gets dark or a cloud moves)· The moon came out from behind the clouds.
literary (=stays there for a long time)· The moon hung over the quiet sea.
(=goes down so that you cannot see it)· The moon had set, but the sky was clear.
(=gets bigger each night)· The moon waxed larger over the next few days.
(=gets smaller each night)· The August moon was waning.
phrases· The clouds blocked out the light of the moon.
· There was no moon, and the fields were completely dark.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crescent moon The moon shone brightly in the sky.· Behind those big moon glasses she reminded him of a young owl.· I watched that big Oregon prairie moon above me put all the stars around it to shame.· She can read. Big green moon and her with a book of poetry her Gran had.
· So now he just comes round once in a blue moon.· A blue moon is the second full moon in one month.· Once in a blue moon the addressing system itself changes.· That happens only once in a blue moon, when the weather is cold enough and thus the ice thick enough.· The most recent observation of a blue moon was in Edinburgh in 1950.· And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon.
· There is a bright moon, and the sky is full of stars.· The sheen of a bright moon revealed the sad carnage of the day, and the horrors of war be-came vividly distinct.· The full bright moon and the reflection of the snow made a mockery of the night.· The bright moon shines over the hollow hill.· The moon was high overhead - a bright, full moon that seemed to float in the dark mirror of the water.· A bright moon lighted up the fields and woods.· There was a bright moon and on looking closer I saw a dark smear coming from his mouth.· I is a clear night with a bright moon.
· Now I am passing an area where the crescent moon flag flies over shops, bakeries and mosques.· A thin crescent moon will appear to the left of Venus the evening of July 6.· A high wind frayed the sails of clouds until a crescent moon limned each shred with white gold.· The sun has dipped beneath the horizon, leaving behind a pink glow joined by a crescent moon.· A crescent moon showed occasionally which helped.· About frangipani blooms and crescent moons.· She had a nose stud shaped like a tiny crescent moon and alternate fingernails on both hands were painted black.· The crescent moon passes Jupiter low in the east before dawn Jan. 18.
· It is a beautiful night, a full moon and a few bright stars against the black sky over the Heath.· The full moon last night was so bright I could almost read by it.· The full bright moon and the reflection of the snow made a mockery of the night.· Clouds drifted over to veil the almost full moon, and I heard somewhere from Gammon Ridge a deep, howling wail.· Overnight the cloud had been whisked away and a full moon hovered in the sky, drenching the rooftops with pale silver.· It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon of Spring.· His eyes behind the glasses looked like the full moon shining into two windows.· During the middle of each month the full moon was attacked by a colossal sow and ravenously devoured.
· A slender new crescent moon lay on its back high in the clear night sky.· By the time of the next new moon, the tribe had seen one birth and two deaths.· The night was clear, and arched up from the hills with a new moon rising over their crests.· It was black as night at new moon and white as frost at first light.· It was a mild night with clouds drifting across the sky and occasionally obscuring the new moon.· In section seven she invites the new moon to dance on her heart, so that they can be extinguished together.· There was a new moon, and its pale light cast soft shadows in the stillness.· Near the time of new moon there is no point on the Moon that can both see sunlight and transmit to Earth.
NOUN· Granny flew high above the roaring treetops, under a half moon.
· As space technology, Bio2 is the most thrilling news since the moon landings.
VERB· The chance of flying to the moon under one's own power has a probability of 0.· We were now flying to the moon.· There was as much chance of that as flying to the moon but Wilson was grateful for Pen's long memory.
· The holiday has to do with other worldliness, spectral phenomena, lonesome caped creatures rising across the moon.
· The cantata ends with a famous meditation on the setting moon and Pleiades.· I saw the machine they set down on the moon.· He was the first person to set foot on the moon. 3.· I wanted to be the first astronaut to set foot on the moon.
· The sky was clear and a full moon shone, lighting the landscape.· When the clouds thinned, and the bright moon shone through, the dead arms of the elms seemed to beckon.· It was a balmy night with a full moon and the city shone Picasso blue.· The moon shone overhead like a new dime.· They kept on walking, however, and at night the moon came out and shone brightly.· A full moon shone through silvery clouds, adding a dreamy air to the scene.
· Everything becomes so much easier and some people have an experience akin to walking on air or walking on the moon.
· To sit by fires and watch the moon rise.· He watched the moon rise through his binoculars.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the moon/the Moon► ask for the moonPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► promise somebody the moon/the earth
1the moon/the Moon the round object that you can see shining in the sky at night, and that moves around the Earth every 28 days: - He left Derby many moons ago complaining they gagged him.
- Several colour strains have bee bred since the original black and silver variety came out on the market many moons ago.
- When I got my first laser printer many moons ago, my bank manager almost had a heart attack.
- Although over the moon with it generally, I am disappointed with the lack of power in the naturally aspirated diesel engine.
- And Tony is over the moon about her.
- I was over the moon for Tom, but I was also cold, wet, and in agony with my legs.
- I was so over the moon I walked all the way home to Streatham with this huge smile on my face.
- If I found it - well, I'd be over the moon.
- She had been continually up the spout, or over the moon, about some one or something.
- Staff here are all over the moon.
- Yes, you've certainly scored a winner this month, folks, I hope you're over the moon about it!
- Once in a blue moon Eric will offer to help with the dishes, but usually he doesn't do any housework at all.
- I used to spend a lot of time in London, but now I only go there once in a blue moon.
- We go out to eat once in a blue moon.
- And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon.
- So now he just comes round once in a blue moon.
- That happens only once in a blue moon, when the weather is cold enough and thus the ice thick enough.
the craters on the surface of the Moon The Americans landed on the Moon in 1969. The moon appeared from behind a cloud. The moon rose into the sky. The moon was shining in the sky.2[countable usually singular] the appearance or shape of the moon at a particular time: It was the night of the full moon. a clear night with a bright moon a thin crescent moon3[countable] a round object that moves around a planet other than Earth: the moons of Saturn4ask for the moon (also cry for the moon British English) informal to ask for something that is difficult or impossible to obtain: There’s no point in crying for the moon.5over the moon British English informal very happy: She’s over the moon about her new job.6many moons ago literary a long time ago: It all happened many moons ago. → once in a blue moon at once1(15), → promise somebody the moon at promise1(3)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + moonbright· The moon was very bright.a full moon (=with a completely round shape)· A full moon hung low in the sky.a half moon (=looking like half a circle)· A half moon was up now, pale and cool.a crescent moon (=with a thin curved shape)· The stars and thin crescent moon gave just enough light to see the path.a new moon (=a very thin moon which is just starting to get bigger)· It was twilight and a new moon was rising.a silver/yellow moon· It was a frosty night, with a cold silver moon.a pale moon· Her face glowed in the light of the pale moon.a harvest moon (=the full moon that appears in late September or early October)· Over the potato fields a harvest moon was rising.verbsthe moon shines· The moon shone through the window.the moon rises (also the moon comes up)· He watched the full moon come up over the trees.the moon appears· A brilliant moon appeared over the mountains.the moon comes out (=appears as it gets dark or a cloud moves)· The moon came out from behind the clouds.the moon hangs somewhere literary (=stays there for a long time)· The moon hung over the quiet sea.the moon sets (=goes down so that you cannot see it)· The moon had set, but the sky was clear.the moon waxes (=gets bigger each night)· The moon waxed larger over the next few days.the moon wanes (=gets smaller each night)· The August moon was waning.phrasesthe light of the moon· The clouds blocked out the light of the moon.there is no moon· There was no moon, and the fields were completely dark.moon1 nounmoon2 verb
moonmoon2 verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLE
moon
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | moon |
| he, she, it | moons | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mooned |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mooned |
| he, she, it | has mooned | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mooned |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will moon |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mooned |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am mooning |
| he, she, it | is mooning | |
| you, we, they | are mooning | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was mooning |
| you, we, they | were mooning | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mooning |
| he, she, it | has been mooning | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mooning |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mooning |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mooning |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- One couple mooned the President's limousine as it drove past.
- And Alice had better get off her high horse and realize there was more to life than mooning over Lester Stoner.
- Is that you mooning about again?
- It's bad enough that Timothy's mooning over her like a schoolboy, wet behind the ears.
- Sometimes it's so they can moon around and say how beautiful it all was and pretend they're still lifers there.
- What good can you do mooning around worrying, picking at your food like an anorexic, and giving yourself splitting headaches?
- You did not moon about love.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crescent moon The moon shone brightly in the sky.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
a crescent moon The moon shone brightly in the sky.· Sometimes it's so they can moon around and say how beautiful it all was and pretend they're still lifers there.· What good can you do mooning around worrying, picking at your food like an anorexic, and giving yourself splitting headaches?· But there was no point in mooning around until then.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► promise somebody the moon/the earth
informal to bend over and show your buttocks as a joke or a way of insulting someonemoon about/around phrasal verb British English informal to spend your time lazily, moving around with no real purpose: - Once in a blue moon Eric will offer to help with the dishes, but usually he doesn't do any housework at all.
- I used to spend a lot of time in London, but now I only go there once in a blue moon.
- We go out to eat once in a blue moon.
- And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon.
- So now he just comes round once in a blue moon.
- That happens only once in a blue moon, when the weather is cold enough and thus the ice thick enough.
I wish you’d stop mooning about and do something useful!moon over somebody/something phrasal verb old-fashioned to spend your time thinking about someone that you are in love with: She sits mooning over his photograph for hours.