moonlight

noun (moonlight, uncountable); verb (moonlight, moonlights, moonlighted, moonlighting — informal)

«moonlight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Moonlight is the light that comes from the Moon at night. tree →
To moonlight is to do a second job secretly or in your spare time. tree →

In the lessons

In science, moonlight is really sunlight reflected off the Moon; the Moon does not make its own light. In stories and poems, moonlight makes scenes calm, magical or spooky. Phrases: "by moonlight", "in the moonlight", "a moonlight walk".

Examples

The lake shone in the moonlight. tree →
We walked home by moonlight. tree →
Moonlight is sunlight bouncing off the Moon. tree →
The owl hunted in the moonlight. tree →
The garden looked silver in the moonlight. tree →
He moonlights as a taxi driver at weekends. tree →
I ran about the streets in the moonlight. tree →

Note

Uncountable. The verb past is "moonlighted", not "moonlit". "Moonlit" is an adjective: a moonlit night. Myth: the Moon does not glow by itself.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «moonlight» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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