moon
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 →
2) A natural object that goes around another planet: "Jupiter has many moons." tree →
3) As a verb, to move around lazily or dreamily. tree →
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 →
- The Moon goes around the Earth. tree →
- The moon shines because it reflects sunlight. tree →
- Astronauts walked on the Moon. tree →
- Jupiter has dozens of moons. tree →
- The Moon pulls the sea and makes tides. tree →
- She was over the moon about her present. tree →
- We go there once in a blue moon. tree →
- Hear what the Moon told me. tree →
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".
- The moon looks bigger near the horizon only because the brain compares it with trees and buildings.
- Oliver said sorry, and on Saturday he played with Alfie the whole morning — the rocket, two spaceships and a moon base.
- Jayden said that in GTA 6 you can fly to the Moon in a taxi.
- Amelia in Bristol told her baby brother that the moon follows only him.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «moon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.