half-moon
/ˌhɑːfˈmuːn
/noun
1The phase of the moon when only half its illuminated surface is visible from the earth; the first or last quarter.It's lovely out here - the night is calm, the lake is black and still, illuminated by the bright half-moon, and the trees seem to glow....
- One part of the exercise involved night skiing across the Snowy River illuminated by half-moon on a cold, clear night.
- The mechanics have packed up and gone to bed before I end my day, shivering in the chill of the desert night under a vast array of stars, the half-moon lighting up the sand, the tents and the vehicles all around.
1.1The time when a half-moon occurs: the sun and moon are at right angles to the Earth at each half-moon...
- Weaker tides occur at half-moon, when the sun and Moon are 90° apart.
- It had been about a week since the half-moon and everything seemed peaceful except for one demon attack where they got a Silver Life Jewel shard, which Katia fused into the rest of the shard that she had collected.
- A half-moon after she revealed herself to him, they conceived a child.
1.2A semicircular or crescent-shaped object: [as modifier]: half-moon spectacles...
- In one hypnotic turn, the performers hopped on skateboards and lazily circled the theater risers, becoming visible in half-moons as they rolled out in front of the audience and then disappearing again.
- Fold the dough circle in half to form a half-moon.
- Begin removing three half-moon mounting bolts from each side, set half moons and bolts aside.