moon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any natural satellite of a planet

   Jupiter has sixteen moons

2. 2
   noun

   any object resembling a moon

   I made a moon lamp that I used as a night light.

3. 3
   verb

   expose one's buttocks to

   moon the audience

4. 4
   name

   Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).

   Immediatly after the tribulacions off thoſe dayes / ſhall the ſun be derkeneth: and the mone ſhall not geve her light / and the ſtarrꝭ ſhall fall from heven / and the powers of hevẽ ſhall move

5. 5
   noun

   Any natural satellite of a planet.

   The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.

6. 6
   noun

   A month, particularly a lunar month.

   They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.

7. 7
   noun

   A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

   The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.

8. 8
   noun

   A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

   The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.

Etymology

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). cognates and doublets Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese máni (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”).…