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Word: Moon
Speech Type: Noun
Old English mōna, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maan and German Mond, also to month, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mensis and Greek mēn ‘month’, and also Latin metiri ‘to measure’ (the moon being used to measure time)
muːn
the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun
Short Definition:natural satellite of the earth
Examples:- there was no moon, but a sky sparkling with brilliant stars
- the first man on the moon
Word: Moon
Speech Type: Verb
muːn
behave or move in a listless and aimless manner
Short Definition:behave listlessly
Examples:- I don't want her mooning about in the morning
expose one's buttocks to someone in order to insult or amuse them
Short Definition:expose buttocks as joke
Examples:- the crew dropped their trousers and mooned at them
- Dan had whipped round, bent over, and mooned the crowd
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