moonshine

«moonshine» in Mova's school dictionary: the pale light of the moon — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural); also used as a verb in old use

meaning for a pupil

1) Moonshine is the pale light of the moon. tree →

2) (informal) Moonshine means nonsense or untrue talk. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, the pale light in which elves dance, or an elf king asks to stand; in casual talk, «that's moonshine» means it is nonsense

examples

• They danced hand in hand by the lake in the moonshine. tree →
• Stand in the moonshine and wait for the elves. tree →
• "Don't talk moonshine," said Mum when I told her about the dragon. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «moonshine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.