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moon | moor |

As a proper noun moon

is the earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by.

As a noun moor is

(historical) a member of an ancient berber people from numidia.

moon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The largest satellite of Earth.
  • Any natural satellite of a planet.
  • (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1737 , author=John Brickell , title=The natural history of North-Carolina , page=308-309 , passage=The number their age by Moons' or Winters, and say a Woman or a Man is so many '''Moons''' old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so many '''Moons or Winters since such or such a thing happened. ''Note: in earlier modern English, many nouns were capitalized, similar to present day German. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1822 , author=Thomas Love Peacock , title=Maid Marian , page=238 , passage=Many moons had waxed and waned when on the afternoon of a lovely summer day a lusty broad-boned knight was riding through the forest of Sherwood.}}
    (Shakespeare)
  • A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, Earth's largest natural satellite) Moon * (natural satellite of a planet) satellite, natural satellite * (month) calendar month, lunar month, month * See also

    Derived terms

    * blood moon * blue moon * crescent moon * full moon * half-moon, half moon * harvest moon * howl at the moon * hung the moon * hunter's moon * man in the moon * moon bear * moon-blind * moon cake * mooncalf * moon-face * moonfish * moonflower * moon guitar * mooning * moonish * moonlight * moonlit * moonly * moon pool * moonraker * moonsail * moonwalk * moonwort * moon zither * new moon * old moon * once in a blue moon * over the moon * phase of the moon * smuggler's moon * thumbnail moon * waning moon * waxing moon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest
  • (colloquial) (usually followed by'' over''' ''or'' ' after ) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
    • Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
    You've been mooning after her forever, why not just ask her out?
  • To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  • * 1898 , Joseph Conrad,
    • We were only three on board. The poor old skipper mooned in the cabin.
  • To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  • * Holland
    • If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned .

    Related terms

    * month * moonsick

    See also

    * lunar * Moonie * Selene

    External links

    (disambig) * (projectlink) * (projectlink)

    Anagrams

    * {l, en, mono}} 1000 English basic words ----

    moor

    English

    Usage notes

    (more) is not a homophone in Northern UK accents, while (mooer) is homophonous only in those accents.

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) . See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
    • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor , and the travellers hastened their step.
  • * Carew
    • In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor .
  • a game preserve consisting of moorland
    • Derived terms
    * moorland * moortop
    See also
    * bog * marsh * swamp

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cast anchor or become fastened.
  • (nautical) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream''; ''they moored the boat to the wharf .
  • To secure or fix firmly.

    • Anagrams

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