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noun ADJ. bright A bright moon shone high overhead. | crescent, full, half, new VERB + MOON cover, hide A large black cloud covered the moon. | fly to, go to, land on MOON + VERB appear, come out, rise | shine | set The moon had almost set and the night was now dark. | wane, wax | orbit sth PREP. on the ~ the first man to walk on the moon | under a/the ~ 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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moon
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + moon
bright
• The moon was very bright.
a full moon
(= with a completely round shape )
• A full moon hung low in the sky.
a half moon
(= looking like half a circle )
• A half moon was up now, pale and cool.
a crescent moon
(= with a thin curved shape )
• The stars and thin crescent moon gave just enough light to see the path.
a new moon
(= a very thin moon which is just starting to get bigger )
• It was twilight and a new moon was rising.
a silver/yellow moon
• It was a frosty night, with a cold silver moon.
a pale moon
• Her face glowed in the light of the pale moon.
a harvest moon
(= the full moon that appears in late September or early October )
• Over the potato fields a harvest moon was rising.
the moon shines
• The moon shone through the window.
verbs
the moon rises
( also the moon comes up )
• He watched the full moon come up over the trees.
the moon appears
• A brilliant moon appeared over the mountains.
the moon comes out
(= appears as it gets dark or a cloud moves )
• The moon came out from behind the clouds.
the moon hangs somewhere
literary (= stays there for a long time )
• The moon hung over the quiet sea.
the moon sets
(= goes down so that you cannot see it )
• The moon had set, but the sky was clear.
the moon waxes
(= gets bigger each night )
• The moon waxed larger over the next few days.
the moon wanes
(= gets smaller each night )
• The August moon was waning.
phrases
the light of the moon
• The clouds blocked out the light of the moon.
there is no moon
• There was no moon, and the fields were completely dark.
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