[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/moon/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / moon # moon noun (moon, moons; the Moon); verb (moon around — rare) «moon» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The big round object that goes around the Earth and shines at night by reflecting sunlight (often the Moon). [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#m2) 3. As a verb, to move around lazily or dreamily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#m3) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x1) - The Moon goes around the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x2) - The moon shines because it reflects sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x3) - Astronauts walked on the Moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x4) - Jupiter has dozens of moons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x5) - The Moon pulls the sea and makes tides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x6) - She was over the moon about her present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x7) - We go there once in a blue moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/#x8) - Hear what the Moon told me. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition It is the light that rules the night and sets the months. "New moon" means the first day of a month. **Interpretation.** Rosh Chodesh, the new moon, is a minor holiday with extra prayers. The Jewish festivals are set by the moon, and a court once fixed each new month when witnesses saw the thin new moon. ### Examples - This is the burnt-offering of every new moon throughout the months of the year. (Torah NUM.28.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moon/#x1) - 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) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moon/#x2) - 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) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moon/#x3) - Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down. (Writings PSA.104.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moon/#x4) - The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. (Writings PSA.121.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moon/#x5) - Praise ye Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light. (Writings PSA.148.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moon/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «moon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«moon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moon.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «moon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«moon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/moon.html) on Mova free.