The meaning of Moon

noun

An implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis.

Usage examples:

A cricket bat

verb

(of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball.

Usage examples:

Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat

noun

A mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs.

Usage examples:

Small and furry, bats are the only mammals to have achieved powered flight.

verb

Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.

Usage examples:

The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream

noun

A continuous slow movement from one place to another.

Usage examples:

There was a drift to the towns

noun

A violin.

Usage examples:

This tradition is still at the heart of their music, with the female voices front-lining the instru…

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Usage examples:

Lena fiddled with her cup

verb

To move things around or touch things without a particular purpose

Usage examples:

He stood there fiddling with his keys.

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

Usage examples:

Idle students

verb

Spend time doing nothing.

Usage examples:

Four men were idling outside the shop

adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

Usage examples:

Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…

noun

A quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten.

Usage examples:

A loaf of bread

verb

Spend one's time in an aimless, idle way.

Usage examples:

Don't let him see you loafing about with your hands in your pockets

noun

Bread that is shaped and baked in a single piece and can be sliced for eating

Usage examples:

Get a loaf of white bread from the corner store., he just wanted to loaf for a while before beginni…

verb

Spend time aimlessly; idle.

Usage examples:

She goes to arizona every january to lollygag in the sun

verb

Ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it.

Usage examples:

A bunch of your friends will show up, mooching food

noun

Loiter in a bored or listless manner.

Usage examples:

He just mooched about his bedsit

verb

To walk or do things slowly and without much purpose

Usage examples:

Disapproving stop mooching (about/around) in your room and do something useful!, you're old enough …

verb

Feel dejected and apathetic.

Usage examples:

No use moping—things could be worse

noun

A person given to prolonged spells of low spirits.

Usage examples:

A bunch of totally depressed mopes

verb

To be unhappy and unwilling to think or act in a positive manner, esp. because you are disappointed

Usage examples:

Don’t sit in the house moping – go out and enjoy yourself.

noun

An artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.

Usage examples:

A communications satellite

noun

A natural object moving around a larger object in space, or an artificial object sent up into space to travel around the earth

Usage examples:

A spy/weather satellite, the moon is a satellite of the earth.

noun

A piece of equipment that is sent up into space to travel round the earth, used for collecting information or communicating by radio, television, etc.

Usage examples:

The cost of launching a satellite into orbit is vast., by satellite he will address the trade conve…