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Moon

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

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Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exhibit 76% connected

To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Idle 76% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

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Laze 76% connected

To be lazy or idle.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Month 76% connected

One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of…

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Satellite 76% connected

An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.

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Slug 76% connected

A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

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Stagnate 76% connected

To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnat…

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Moonbeam 70% connected

A ray of light from the moon.

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Daydream 92% connected

A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lunation 92% connected

The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 2…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moonlight 92% connected

The light of the moon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moonshine 92% connected

The light of the moon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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