Moonlight
['muːnlaɪt] or ['munlaɪt]
Definition
(noun.) the light of the Moon; 'moonlight is the smuggler's enemy'; 'the Moon was bright enough to read by'.
(verb.) work a second job, usually after hours; 'The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver'.
Editor: Thea--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The light of the moon.
(a.) Occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by moonlight.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Moonshine.
Editor: Mary
Examples
- Mr. Rochester, let me look at your face: turn to the moonlight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To see how pretty the Maypole looks in the moonlight? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- For the men in green: it was a proper moonlight evening for them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The one candle was dying out: the room was full of moonlight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The moonlight was strong enough to let him see his daughter in her unusual place and attitude. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The moonlight shone directly upon Venn's face as he spoke, and revealed all its lines to Eustacia. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It came downstairs as I went up, said the trooper, and crossed the moonlighted window with a loose black mantle on; I noticed a deep fringe to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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