--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 42 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/42/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 42 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Using only one colour or shades of one colour, especially black, white and grey.[↗](../../monochrome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A picture, photo or screen in black and white or in one colour.[↗](../../monochrome/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Dull and without variety, as in "a monochrome town".[↗](../../monochrome/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Old photos are often monochrome, black and white.[↗](../../monochrome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For art we made a monochrome painting using only shades of blue.[↗](../../monochrome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad's first TV was monochrome.[↗](../../monochrome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was shot in monochrome to look old-fashioned.[↗](../../monochrome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a stylish monochrome outfit, all black.[↗](../../monochrome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainy town looked monochrome and sad.[↗](../../monochrome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A monochrome printer prints only in black.[↗](../../monochrome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **monopoly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Complete control of a product or service by one company or person, so that nobody else sells it.[↗](../../monopoly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Monopoly) A board game where players buy streets and houses with toy money.[↗](../../monopoly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a monopoly on) Having something all to yourself: «You don't have a monopoly on the swing!».[↗](../../monopoly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played Monopoly all afternoon.[↗](../../monopoly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I landed on my brother's hotel and had to pay rent.[↗](../../monopoly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One company had a monopoly on the town's water.[↗](../../monopoly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas.[↗](../../monopoly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Monopoly money is not real money.[↗](../../monopoly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A monopoly can make prices go up.[↗](../../monopoly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **monotonous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Monotonous means dull and boring because it never changes, the same sound or the same thing over and over.[↗](../../monotonous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rain made a monotonous sound on the roof.[↗](../../monotonous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Counting the same thing over and over is monotonous.[↗](../../monotonous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Life in the castle was monotonous, with the same chores every day.[↗](../../monotonous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **monotonously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Monotonously means in a dull, unchanging way, the same over and over.[↗](../../monotonously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clock ticked monotonously all night.[↗](../../monotonously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She counted monotonously, one, two, three.[↗](../../monotonously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bell rang monotonously all morning.[↗](../../monotonously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **monotreme** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young; the platypus and the echidnas are the only living monotremes.[↗](../../monotreme/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The platypus is a monotreme, a mammal that lays eggs.[↗](../../monotreme/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Echidnas are spiny monotremes.[↗](../../monotreme/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Monotremes feed their babies milk but have no nipples; the milk comes through the skin.[↗](../../monotreme/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only five kinds of monotreme are alive today.[↗](../../monotreme/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Monotremes live in Australia and New Guinea.[↗](../../monotreme/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby echidna is called a puggle.[↗](../../monotreme/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **monoxide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A monoxide is a chemical made of one atom of oxygen joined to another element.[↗](../../monoxide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas with no colour, smell or taste.[↗](../../monoxide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas.[↗](../../monoxide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We have a carbon monoxide alarm in the kitchen.[↗](../../monoxide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You cannot see or smell carbon monoxide.[↗](../../monoxide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never bring a barbecue into a tent; it gives off carbon monoxide.[↗](../../monoxide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A faulty boiler can leak carbon monoxide.[↗](../../monoxide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Car exhaust contains carbon monoxide.[↗](../../monoxide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **monsieur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) Monsieur is the French word for "Mr" or "sir", used before a man's name or to speak to a man politely: «Bonjour, monsieur!».[↗](../../monsieur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In English, «monsieur» is sometimes used in jokes or stories to make a man sound French.[↗](../../monsieur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Monsieur can also be a funny title put before an animal's name in a story, such as a cat, to make it sound grand and French.[↗](../../monsieur/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (French) Bonjour, monsieur \![↗](../../monsieur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) Merci beaucoup, monsieur.[↗](../../monsieur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) Monsieur Martin is our French teacher.[↗](../../monsieur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) Mesdames et messieurs, the show is about to begin.[↗](../../monsieur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The waiter said, "Your soup, monsieur."[↗](../../monsieur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) Excusez-moi, monsieur, où est la gare ?[↗](../../monsieur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and Monsieur Puss, immediately drawing close the strings, took and killed him without pity.[↗](../../monsieur/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **monsoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wind in South Asia and nearby places that changes direction with the seasons.[↗](../../monsoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The season of very heavy rain that this wind brings.[↗](../../monsoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Very heavy rain anywhere.[↗](../../monsoon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monsoon brings heavy rain to India every summer.[↗](../../monsoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers wait for the monsoon to water their rice.[↗](../../monsoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · During the monsoon, some roads flood.[↗](../../monsoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Northern Australia has a wet season with monsoon rains.[↗](../../monsoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was like a monsoon outside — we got soaked\![↗](../../monsoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../monsoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The monsoon winds change direction with the seasons.[↗](../../monsoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So I stayed with him till the time of the monsoon, and every day we added to our store of ivory till all his ware-houses were overflowing with it.[↗](../../monsoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **monster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A monster is a big, scary, made-up creature in stories, films and games.[↗](../../monster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A monster can be a very cruel or wicked person.[↗](../../monster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A monster can mean something enormous, like a monster wave.[↗](../../monster/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Children sometimes call a naughty child a «little monster» as a joke.[↗](../../monster/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monster in the story had three eyes and green fur.[↗](../../monster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are no monsters under your bed.[↗](../../monster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A monster wave crashed over the harbour wall.[↗](../../monster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We dressed up as monsters for Halloween.[↗](../../monster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My baby brother is a little monster at bath time.[↗](../../monster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people say there is a monster in Loch Ness, but nobody has ever proved it.[↗](../../monster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant pumpkin was a monster\![↗](../../monster/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cruel king was a monster to his people.[↗](../../monster/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The monster soon came in, saying:[↗](../../monster/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.[↗](../../monster/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../monster/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Praise the LORD from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps; (Writings PSA.148.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../monster/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?[↗](../../monster/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.7.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../monster/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.[↗](../../monster/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../monster/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **monstrous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very large and frightening, like a monster: «a monstrous wave».[↗](../../monstrous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very wrong, cruel or shocking: «a monstrous lie».[↗](../../monstrous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ugly and strange in shape.[↗](../../monstrous/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A monstrous wave crashed over the boat.[↗](../../monstrous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a monstrous lie.[↗](../../monstrous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice grew to a monstrous size in the little house.[↗](../../monstrous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant had monstrous hands.[↗](../../monstrous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ogre built a monstrous wall round his castle.[↗](../../monstrous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cruelty of the slave trade was monstrous.[↗](../../monstrous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wild and shy and monstrous creatures ranged in her plains and forests.[↗](../../monstrous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **montage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In films and TV, a quick series of short clips put together to show time passing or many things happening.[↗](../../montage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A picture made by putting many photos or pieces together.[↗](../../montage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The skill of choosing and joining pieces of film or pictures.[↗](../../montage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film showed a montage of the team training hard all winter.[↗](../../montage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For our end-of-year assembly we made a montage of class photos.[↗](../../montage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist made a montage from old magazine pictures.[↗](../../montage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A montage of holiday clips played at the party.[↗](../../montage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Every sports film seems to have a training montage.[↗](../../montage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The news ended with a montage of the best moments of the Games.[↗](../../montage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned how editors cut film to build a montage.[↗](../../montage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **montezuma** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Montezuma (also Moctezuma) was a famous ruler, or emperor, of the Aztecs in Mexico long ago, when Spanish soldiers arrived.[↗](../../montezuma/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang, joking) «Montezuma's revenge» means an upset tummy and diarrhoea that travellers catch from food or water abroad.[↗](../../montezuma/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Montezuma was the ruler of the Aztecs when the Spanish arrived.[↗](../../montezuma/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our history project was about Montezuma and the city of Tenochtitlan.[↗](../../montezuma/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Montezuma lived in a great palace with gardens and zoos.[↗](../../montezuma/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Pete got Montezuma's revenge after drinking tap water on holiday.[↗](../../montezuma/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Montezuma met the Spanish leader Cortes.[↗](../../montezuma/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town of Montezuma is named after the Aztec ruler.[↗](../../montezuma/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **month** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A month is one of the twelve parts of a year, like March or July.[↗](../../month/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A year has 12 months.[↗](../../month/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A month has about 30 days, or about 4 weeks; some have 31 days, and February has 28 or 29.[↗](../../month/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A month can also mean any time of about four weeks: «in a month».[↗](../../month/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She saves 20 dollars every month.[↗](../../month/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 12 months in a year.[↗](../../month/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rent is 500 dollars a month.[↗](../../month/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much does he earn in 3 months?[↗](../../month/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My birthday is in the month of May.[↗](../../month/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy is 3 months old.[↗](../../month/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We go to the library once a month.[↗](../../month/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes about a month for the Moon to go round the Earth.[↗](../../month/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A month passed; a year passed.[↗](../../month/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This day ye go forth in the month Abib.[↗](../../month/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../month/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the burnt-offering of every new moon throughout the months of the year.[↗](../../month/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../month/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD'S passover.[↗](../../month/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../month/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?[↗](../../month/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../month/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.[↗](../../month/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.28.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../month/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.[↗](../../month/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.6.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../month/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **monthly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Happening, done or paid once every month.[↗](../../monthly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Measured over one month (monthly rainfall).[↗](../../monthly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A magazine that comes out once a month.[↗](../../monthly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I get my pocket money monthly.[↗](../../monthly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The club has a monthly meeting.[↗](../../monthly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the monthly rainfall in the bar chart.[↗](../../monthly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We pay for the gym monthly.[↗](../../monthly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum reads a monthly cooking magazine.[↗](../../monthly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If the monthly cost is 15 dollars, the cost for a year is 15 × 12 = 180 dollars.[↗](../../monthly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the window stood a bush bearing monthly roses.[↗](../../monthly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.[↗](../../monthly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.47.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../monthly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **monument** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A statue, building or stone made to remember a famous person or event.[↗](../../monument/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An old building or place that is important in history: an ancient monument.[↗](../../monument/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A great example of something: a monument to hard work.[↗](../../monument/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We visited a monument to the soldiers of the town.[↗](../../monument/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Statue of Liberty is a famous monument.[↗](../../monument/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stonehenge is an ancient monument.[↗](../../monument/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The city built a monument to its firefighters.[↗](../../monument/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please do not climb on the monument.[↗](../../monument/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge stands as a monument to the builders' skill.[↗](../../monument/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tourists queued to see the monument.[↗](../../monument/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class laid flowers at the monument.[↗](../../monument/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A monument was also erected over his grave.[↗](../../monument/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Even unto them will I give in My house and within My walls a monument and a memorial better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting memorial, that shall not be cut off.[↗](../../monument/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.56.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../monument/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **moo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moo is the long, low sound a cow makes.[↗](../../moo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To moo is to make this sound.[↗](../../moo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal, rude) «Silly moo» or «old moo» is a cheeky or rude name for a woman, meaning a silly person.[↗](../../moo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cow said «Moo!»[↗](../../moo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cows mooed loudly at milking time.[↗](../../moo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there\![↗](../../moo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a sad moo from the barn.[↗](../../moo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister moos every time she sees a cow.[↗](../../moo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «You silly moo, you've locked us out!» laughed Gran.[↗](../../moo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When they were on the way there they heard a cow mooing.[↗](../../moo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* How someone feels at a particular time, such as happy, grumpy or calm.[↗](../../mood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The feeling of a place, story or piece of music.[↗](../../mood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The music had a spooky mood."[↗](../../mood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "In the mood for" means wanting to do something.[↗](../../mood/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad is in a good mood today.[↗](../../mood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm in a bad mood because I'm tired.[↗](../../mood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you in the mood for a game?[↗](../../mood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dark forest gave the story a scary mood.[↗](../../mood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Exercise can lift your mood.[↗](../../mood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The candles set a calm mood.[↗](../../mood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So on he went in a melancholy mood till he came to an inn, and the landlord at his door smoking.[↗](../../mood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **moodily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moodily means in a sulky, gloomy way, as someone does when they are in a bad mood.[↗](../../moodily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He sat moodily by the fire.[↗](../../moodily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Fine," she said moodily.[↗](../../moodily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy kicked the stone moodily down the road.[↗](../../moodily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **moody** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Often changing mood suddenly, especially becoming sad, cross or grumpy for no clear reason.[↗](../../moody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Grumpy or sulky right now (he's in a moody mood).[↗](../../moody/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Dark and gloomy in a way that creates a feeling (a moody painting, moody lighting).[↗](../../moody/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister is moody in the mornings.[↗](../../moody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat gets moody if you wake him up.[↗](../../moody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be so moody — it's only a game.[↗](../../moody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film had dark, moody music.[↗](../../moody/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky looked moody before the storm.[↗](../../moody/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was moody all day after losing the match.[↗](../../moody/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **moon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The big round object that goes around the Earth and shines at night by reflecting sunlight (often the Moon).[↗](../../moon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A natural object that goes around another planet.[↗](../../moon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Jupiter has many moons."[↗](../../moon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to move around lazily or dreamily.[↗](../../moon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The moon is full tonight.[↗](../../moon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moon goes around the Earth.[↗](../../moon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The moon shines because it reflects sunlight.[↗](../../moon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts walked on the Moon.[↗](../../moon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Jupiter has dozens of moons.[↗](../../moon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moon pulls the sea and makes tides.[↗](../../moon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was over the moon about her present.[↗](../../moon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We go there once in a blue moon.[↗](../../moon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear what the Moon told me.[↗](../../moon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the burnt-offering of every new moon throughout the months of the year.[↗](../../moon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons, (Torah DEU.33.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moon/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And in your new moons ye shall present a burnt-offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.28.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moon/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.[↗](../../moon/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moon/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.[↗](../../moon/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.121.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moon/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Praise ye Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light.[↗](../../moon/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.148.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moon/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/41/) **42** 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