moon
♦ moon /m'uːn/ (moons)
1 [N-SING] usu the N, also full/new N
The moon is the object that you can often see in the sky at night. It goes round the Earth once every four weeks, and as it does so its appearance changes from a circle to part of a circle.
...the first man on the moon...
...the light of a full moon.
see also new moon
2 [N-COUNT] usu poss N
A moon is an object similar to a small planet that travels around a planet.
...Neptune's large moon.
3 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.
Once in a blue moon you get some problems.
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that you are over the moon, you mean that you are very pleased about something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
= overjoyednew moon (new moons)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A new moon is the moon when it first appears as a thin curved shape at the start of its four-week cycle. The new moon is also the time of the month when the moon appears in this way.
...the pale crescent of a new moon...
The new moon was the occasion of festivals of rejoicing in Egypt.
1 [N-SING] usu the N, also full/new N
The moon is the object that you can often see in the sky at night. It goes round the Earth once every four weeks, and as it does so its appearance changes from a circle to part of a circle.
...the first man on the moon...
...the light of a full moon.
see also new moon
2 [N-COUNT] usu poss N
A moon is an object similar to a small planet that travels around a planet.
...Neptune's large moon.
3 [PHRASE] PHR with cl
If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.
Once in a blue moon you get some problems.
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that you are over the moon, you mean that you are very pleased about something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
= overjoyednew moon (new moons)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A new moon is the moon when it first appears as a thin curved shape at the start of its four-week cycle. The new moon is also the time of the month when the moon appears in this way.
...the pale crescent of a new moon...
The new moon was the occasion of festivals of rejoicing in Egypt.