moon

I UK [muːn] / US [mun] noun
Word forms "moon":
singular moon plural moons
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the moon

a) the object similar to a planet that goes round the Earth and that you can see shining in the sky at night

The moon rose above the ridge of the eastern desert.

the first spacecraft ever to land on the moon

b) [countable] an object similar to a planet that goes round another planet

How many moons has Jupiter got?

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ask/wish for the moon — to want something that is impossible to get or achieve

I'm not asking for the moon. I just want you to finish on time.

be over the moon (about something) — British

informal to be very happy about something

Keith was over the moon about becoming a father.

- many moons ago

See:

blue I, half-moon, new moon

II UK [muːn] / US [mun] verb [intransitive/transitive]
Word forms "moon":
present tense I/you/we/they moon he/she/it moons present participle mooning past tense mooned past participle mooned informal

to show your naked bottom to someone as an insult or a joke

Phrasal verbs:

- moon around

- moon over