moon

noun

1. The earth's natural satellite see satellite that shines by the sun's reflected light, revolves about the earth from west to east in about 29¹/₂ days with reference to the sun or about 27¹/₃ days with reference to the stars, and has a diameter of 2160 miles (3475 kilometers), a mean distance from the earth of about 238,900 miles (384,400 kilometers), and a mass about one eightieth that of the earth
2. One complete moon cycle consisting of four phases see phase
3. Satellite
4. An indefinite usually extended period of time

   "a labor of many moons"

5. Moonlight

   "keep out of the moon or it may turn your head"

6. A highly translucent see translucent spot on old porcelain
7. Lunule
8. Naked buttocks
9. Something impossible or inaccessible

   "reach for the moon"

verb

1. To spend in idle reverie dream
2. To expose one's naked buttocks to

   "One of the boys mooned the crowd."

3. To spend time in idle reverie behave abstractedly

   "fans mooning over movie stars"

noun

1. A recurrent inflammation of the eye of the horse

adjective

1. Having the eyes wide open

noun

1. An autumn harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture and various other East and Southeast Asian cultures mid-autumn festival

   "The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival (this year on Sept. 10), would see my family gather in my grandparents' San Leandro backyard to gaze at the moon."

noun

1. Moon snail

noun

1. A spacecraft mission to the moon

   "And among the nearly endless tasks that had to be completed for the Apollo moon shot, one woman spearheaded a critical engineering project: testing all the small gear the astronauts would take with them to the lunar surface."

2. An extremely ambitious project or mission undertaken to achieve a monumental goal

   "He is leading biology's moon shot; the Human Genome Project, a $3 billion, 15-year effort to pinpoint the location of all 100,000 human genes."

3. A hit or thrown ball that travels a great distance with a high trajectory

   "… paused at the plate to admire the second of the three homers—a moon shot that landed a few rows short of a homemade sign in the rightfield bleachers …"

noun

1. Any of a cosmopolitan family (Naticidae) of carnivorous marine snails having smooth globular shells

noun

1. A sealed garment worn especially for protection from hazardous material (such as toxic waste or infectious disease)

biographical name

1. 1953–     president of South Korea (2017–22)