month | | |
n. (time) | 1. calendar month, month | one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.; "he paid the bill last month" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ calendar week, week | a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday. |
| ~ date | the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred.; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" |
| ~ revolutionary calendar month | a month in the Revolutionary calendar. |
| ~ gregorian calendar month | a month in the Gregorian calendar. |
| ~ jewish calendar month | a month in the Jewish calendar. |
| ~ islamic calendar month | any lunar month in the Muslim calendar. |
| ~ hindu calendar month | any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar. |
n. (time) | 2. month | a time unit of approximately 30 days.; "he was given a month to pay the bill" |
| ~ time unit, unit of time | a unit for measuring time periods. |
| ~ year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun.; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" |
| ~ new moon, new phase of the moon | the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent. |
| ~ half-moon | the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated. |
| ~ full, full-of-the-moon, full moon, full phase of the moon | the time when the Moon is fully illuminated.; "the moon is at the full" |
| ~ lunar month, lunation, synodic month, moon | the period between successive new moons (29.531 days). |
| ~ anomalistic month | period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days. |
| ~ sidereal month | period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days. |
| ~ solar month | one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year. |
moon | | |
n. (object) | 1. moon | the natural satellite of the Earth.; "the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969" |
| ~ satellite | any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star. |
n. (object) | 2. moon | 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" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
n. (time) | 3. lunar month, lunation, moon, synodic month | the period between successive new moons (29.531 days). |
| ~ lunar year | a period of 12 lunar months. |
| ~ month | a time unit of approximately 30 days.; "he was given a month to pay the bill" |
n. (phenomenon) | 4. moon, moonlight, moonshine | the light of the Moon.; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by" |
| ~ light, visible light, visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation.; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window" |
| ~ moon-ray, moon ray, moonbeam | a ray of moonlight. |
n. (person) | 5. moon, sun myung moon | 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). |
| ~ religious leader | leader of a religious order. |
n. (object) | 6. moon | any natural satellite of a planet.; "Jupiter has sixteen moons" |
| ~ satellite | any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star. |
| ~ triton | the largest moon of Neptune. |
v. (social) | 7. daydream, moon | have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" |
| ~ laze, idle, slug, stagnate | be idle; exist in a changeless situation.; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
v. (social) | 8. moon, moon around, moon on | be idle in a listless or dreamy way. |
| ~ laze, idle, slug, stagnate | be idle; exist in a changeless situation.; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
v. (perception) | 9. moon | expose one's buttocks to.; "moon the audience" |
| ~ display, exhibit, expose | to show, make visible or apparent.; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" |
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