moon

moon is on the Basic English 850 List.

month - moon - morning

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Moon

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /muːn/

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Noun

Singular moon

Plural moons

1. The moon is the shining white and grey object in the sky at night. It appears to change shape from round (a full moon) to a crescent and back again. It's like a small planet that goes around the Earth.
   • Synonym: ☾

   I was able to see the road because there was a full moon that night.

2. A moon is a thing like a small planet that goes around another planet.

   Galileo saw four moons of Jupiter: Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io.

Verb

Plain form moon

Third-person singular moons

Past tense mooned

Past participle mooned

Present participle mooning

1. If you moon someone, you show them your bare buttocks.

   Someone in the car pulled down their pants and mooned us as they drove past.

The Solar System (edit)
Star	sun
Planets	Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune
Dwarf planets	Ceres • Orcus • Pluto • Haumea • Quaoar • Makemake • Gonggong • Eris • Sedna
Small solar system bodies	asteroid belt • comets • Kuiper belt • meteors • Oort cloud • scattered disc
Other	moon • symbols for objects