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the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"

the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"

any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"

expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"

United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)

the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"

the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"

any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"

expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

To expose to the rays of the moon.

To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

To expose to the rays of the moon.

To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

The natural satellite of the planet Earth. It includes the lunar cycles or phases, the lunar month, lunar landscapes, geography, and soil.

The heavenly body that revolves round the earth; the heavenly body that revolves about any planet; a month; as, it is many moons since he went away.

To wander and look about in an absent-minded and listless manner.

The secondary planet or satellite which revolves round the earth: a satellite revolving about any other planet: a month: (fort.) a moon-shaped outwork.

Planet revolving about the earth; satellite.

A satellite revolving about a planet, as the earth.

A lunar month: 27 days, 8 hours.

The satellite which revolves round the earth; the satellite of a planet; a month. Half-moon, an outwork resembling a crescent.

The luminary of the night which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a month.

The moon has been supposed to exert considerable influence over the human body, in health and disease. Such influence has been grossly exaggerated. Not many years ago, it would have been heretical to doubt the exacerbation of mania at the full of the moon; yet-it is now satisfactorily shown, that if the light be excluded at this period, the lunatic is not excited more than ordinarily.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Gothic, German, Greek] The satellite which revolves round the earth; -hence, any secondary planet or satellite; -a month; a complete revolution of the moon; -a crescent-formed outwork.