See Also: moon 1, noun(dictionary)
Fly Me To The Moon(tourism)
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moon-eye(dictionary)
Moon(1)(dictionary)
Moon(2)(dictionary)
new moon(dictionary)
moon-eye(medicine)
Howl At The Moon(tourism)

moon 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: mona]
the moon/the Moon
the round object that you can see shining in the sky at night, and that moves around the Earth every 28 days
::The Americans landed on the moon in 1969.
::the craters on the surface of the moon
[C usually singular] the appearance or shape of the moon at a particular time
::a clear night with a bright moon
::a thin crescent moon
::It was raining and there was no moon (=the moon could not be seen) .
-see also full moon , half moon , new moon
[C] a round object that moves around a planet other than Earth
::the moons of Saturn
ask for the moon
also cry for the moon BrE informal to ask for something that is difficult or impossible to obtain
::There's no point in crying for the moon.
over the moon
BrE informal very happy
::She's over the moon about her new job.
many moons ago
literary a long time ago
::It all happened many moons ago.
-see also once in a blue moon at once 1 (15), promise sb the moon at promise 1 (3)