Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as moon, 6.

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  • noun Plural form of moon.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moon.

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Examples

  • "That was all—it merely recurred and recurred—gardens that flaunted coloring against which this would be quite dull, moons that whirled and swayed, paler than winter moons, more golden than harvest moons——"

    Book 1, Chapter 1. Amory, Son of Beatrice. 1920

  • Using NASA resources to study the Earth instead of other planets, dwarf planets (welcome Ceres!) and moons is nothing but a jobs program for scientists.

    Forget The Moon - NASA Watch 2009

  • In "A Spy in Europa," one of Jupiter's moons is the setting for a control struggle being played out between human factions: the Demarhcists and Gilgamesh Isis.

    REVIEW: Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds 2008

  • Synopsis: A veteran of the Quiet War, hiding in plain sight as a prison guard on one of Uranus's moons, is in danger of being discovered when a serial killer (most likely by another hidden veteran) appears.

    REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction #24 edited by Gardner Dozois 2007

  • When he opened them again, clouds drifted serenely by, lit by the twin moons and the gentle glimmer of distant stars.

    365 tomorrows » 2007 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

  • So coming to it and finding the gate open, he entered the vestibule, where he saw seated on a bench two girls like twin moons with a chess-cloth before them and they were at play.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • All this focus on Saturn's moons is driven by the interest in discovering if any of them seem capable of supporting life.

    August 2005 2005

  • All this focus on Saturn's moons is driven by the interest in discovering if any of them seem capable of supporting life.

    Saturn 2005

  • I think walk two moons is a good book Me and my crew can relate to this book.

    Reader reviews of Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. 1994

  • I've been writting my theories I have on how the moons are actually different planets and we are exploring more than one planet named Saturn.

    URSI Update #2 Nicole 2009

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