Moon - Definition

n 1: the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance
to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on
the moon in 1969" [syn: Moon, moon]
2: 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"
3: the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn:
lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month]
4: the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy";
"the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight,
moonshine, Moon]
5: 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) [syn: Moon, Sun
Myung Moon]
6: any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen
moons"
v 1: have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She
looked out the window, daydreaming" [syn: daydream,
moon]
2: be idle in a listless or dreamy way [syn: moon, moon
around, moon on]
3: expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"