- moon
- nounADJECTIVE▪ bright▪
A bright moon shone high overhead.
▪ pale▪ large, small▪ crescent, full, gibbous, half, harvest, new, quarter▪ waning, waxing▪ rising▪ icy▪Saturn's icy moons
VERB + MOON▪ cover, hide▪A large black cloud covered the moon.
▪ fly to, go to, land on, reach▪ colonize▪ explore▪ orbit▪ discover▪Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter.
MOON + VERB▪ appear, come out, rise▪ glow, shine▪ illuminate sth, light sth, light up sth▪ set▪The moon had almost set and the night was now dark.
▪ wane, wax▪ hang, hover▪The full moon hung high in the night sky.
▪ orbit sth▪ pass▪During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth.
▪ be reflected in sth, reflect off sth▪The moon reflected perfectly off the surface of the water.
▪ cast sth▪The moon cast its soft glow on the earth below.
MOON + NOUN▪ landing▪ base▪The agency wants to establish a permanent moon base.
▪ rocket▪ mission▪an astronaut who was killed during the first moon mission
▪ cycle, phase▪The calendar gives you sunset times as well as moon phases.
▪ god, goddessPREPOSITION▪ on the moon▪the first man to walk on the moon
▪ under a/the moon▪The road shone frostily under the full moon.
PHRASES▪ the light of the moon▪They had to work by the light of the moon.
▪ the surface of the moon
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
