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# moon

«moon» in Mova's school dictionary: **The big round object that goes around the Earth and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (moon, moons; the Moon); verb (moon around — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The big round object that goes around the Earth and shines at night by reflecting sunlight (often the Moon). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#m1)

2) A natural object that goes around another planet: "Jupiter has many moons." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#m2)

3) As a verb, to move around lazily or dreamily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the Moon orbits the Earth about once a month; its shape seems to change (phases: new moon, crescent, half, full moon) because we see different parts lit by the Sun; it pulls on the oceans to make tides. People landed on the Moon in 1969. Phrases: full moon, new moon, half moon, once in a blue moon (very rarely), over the moon (very happy).

### examples

- The moon is full tonight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x1)
- The Moon goes around the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x2)
- The moon shines because it reflects sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x3)
- Astronauts walked on the Moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x4)
- Jupiter has dozens of moons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x5)
- The Moon pulls the sea and makes tides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x6)
- She was over the moon about her present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x7)
- We go there once in a blue moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x8)
- Hear what the Moon told me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x9)

### note

The Moon does not make its own light; it reflects the Sun. Myth: the Moon does not really change shape. "Month" comes from "moon". Capital "Moon" for ours, small "moon" for others.

### In the corpora

- [Personification gives human actions or feelings to non-human things: "the wind screamed", "the moon smiled".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/8/)
- [The moon looks bigger near the horizon only because the brain compares it with trees and buildings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/17/)
- [Oliver said sorry, and on Saturday he played with Alfie the whole morning — the rocket, two spaceships and a moon base.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/4/)
- [Jayden said that in GTA 6 you can fly to the Moon in a taxi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means/1/)
- [Amelia in Bristol told her baby brother that the moon follows only him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «moon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.