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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
moonlight
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
pale
▪ When we left the forest, pale moonlight reflected dimly on the frosty ground and it was easier to see.
▪ In the pale moonlight that night, we celebrated the beer run.
▪ The floor was dappled with pale moonlight, scarcely lighter than the shadows which mingled with it.
▪ She could see him vaguely now, white shirt gleaming in the pale moonlight.
▪ Only the wind and the gravestones, cold in the pale moonlight.
■ VERB
see
▪ But tonight we can see by moonlight.
▪ I can barely see him in this moonlight.
▪ Jade, which was recovered from the river when its reflection was seen in the moonlight, was an important commodity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Moonlight came in through the curtains, lighting up the children's sleeping faces.
▪ The trees looked strangely white in the moonlight.
▪ To the west was a panorama of lakes and peaks by moonlight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Around us the mountains loom, huge and harsh in the moonlight.
▪ But tonight we can see by moonlight.
▪ People spill back across the empty space of moonlight, and the dancers' faces merge with the crowd.
▪ So I really did get something accomplished by sitting in the moonlight.
▪ We stood back and looked at the statue in the moonlight.
▪ When we left the forest, pale moonlight reflected dimly on the frosty ground and it was easier to see.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Carlos is an auto mechanic who moonlights fixing the cars of friends.
▪ Sarton has been moonlighting for five years to supplement his income.
▪ Some officers were moonlighting as security guards.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moonlight

Moonlight \Moon`light`\ (m[=oo]n"l[imac]t`), n. The light of the moon. -- a. Occurring during or by moonlight; characterized by moonlight.

Moonlight

Moonlight \Moon"light`\ (m[=oo]n"l[imac]t`), v. i. to work at a second job in addition to one's main occupation; -- often done at night.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
moonlight

"hold a second job, especially at night," 1957 (implied in moonlighting), from moonlighter (1954), from the notion of working by the light of the moon; see moonlight (n.). Related: Moonlighting. Earlier the word had been used to mean "commit crimes at night" (1882).

moonlight

"light of the moon," mid-14c., from moon (n.) + light (n.).

Wiktionary
moonlight

n. 1 The light reflected from the Moon.''Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 2 (context attributive English) Illuminated by the light from the Moon.''The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, 1998 vb. 1 To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night. 2 (context by extension English) To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.

WordNet
moonlight
  1. n. the light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonshine, moon]

  2. v. work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"

Wikipedia
Moonlight

thumb|A photograph taken by moonlight with an exposure time of fifty minutes. Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon.

Moonlight (band)

Moonlight was a Polish gothic/ progressive metal band.

Moonlight (play)

Moonlight is a play written by Harold Pinter, which premiered at the Almeida Theatre, in London, in September 1993.

Moonlight (runtime)

Moonlight was a free and open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight for Linux and other Unix based operating systems, developed and abandoned by the Mono Project. Like Silverlight, Moonlight was a web application framework which provided functionalities similar to those in Adobe Flash, integrating multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity into a single runtime environment.

Moonlight (disambiguation)

Moonlight is the light that comes to Earth from the Moon.

Moonlight may also refer to:

Moonlight (MAX song)

"Moonlight" is MAX's 21st single on the Avex Trax label and was released on September 27, 2001. The title track was used as the ending theme to the variety program, Sukiyaki London Boots. Its b-side "Paradise Lost," was used as the theme song to the anime series, Kuru Kuru Amy.

Moonlight (2002 film)

Moonlight is a 2002 Dutch thriller film directed by Paula van der Oest. It was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.

Moonlight (Barry Gibb song)

"Moonlight" is a song written and performed by Barry Gibb in 1970. It was still unreleased until this day. "Moonlight" was recorded in The Kid's No Good sessions, but this track was not included. In February 15 the day started to record this song with " I'll Kiss Your Memory", "The Victim" and " Summer Ends" and this song was finished in February 20.

On its intro, Barry does harmony and background vocals. On this song only credits Gibb on lead vocals and guitar with the orchestra arranged by Bill Shepherd.

Moonlight (EP)

Moonlight is the debut release and extended play by American electropop project Candy Coded. It was released on iTunes and other media outlets on September 15, 2015.

The first single from the extended play, "Midnight Moonlight", was also released on September 15, 2015.

Moonlight (TV series)

Moonlight is an American paranormal romance television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson, who was also executive producer for all episodes with Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio, Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. The series follows private investigator Mick St. John ( Alex O'Loughlin), who was turned into a vampire by his bride Coraline ( Shannyn Sossamon) on the couple's wedding night fifty-five years earlier. In the present day, he struggles with his attraction to a mortal woman, Beth Turner ( Sophia Myles), his friendship with Josef Kostan ( Jason Dohring), and his dealings with other vampires in Los Angeles.

The series was commissioned by Warner Bros. Television in 2007 as a presentation lasting 14–20 minutes. Alex O'Loughlin, Shannon Lucio, Rade Šerbedžija and Amber Valletta were cast in the lead roles, and Rod Holcomb was hired as director. David Greenwalt joined the staff in May 2007 as showrunner and executive producer with Joel Silver; however, health reasons forced Greenwalt to leave the series. All of the original actors, apart from the male lead role, were recast in June 2007, and Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossamon replaced them. With an almost entirely different cast, a retooled, full-length pilot for television audiences was re-shot.

Moonlight was premiered on September 28, 2007, and shown on Friday nights on CBS. Although received poorly by critics, the pilot finished first among total viewers and adults 18–49 for its night. The series received generally negative reviews, and averaged 7.57 million American viewers per episode. Many critics criticized the acting and the writing; however, Jason Dohring's performance was praised. Moonlight went on hiatus due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, but returned with four new episodes once the strike ended. On May 13, 2008, CBS announced that Moonlight was officially cancelled.

Moonlight (2016 film)

Moonlight is an upcoming 2016 American drama film directed and written by Barry Jenkins, based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney. The film stars Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, André Holland, and Mahershala Ali.

Principal photography on the film began on October 14, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released on October 21, 2016, by A24.

Usage examples of "moonlight".

Peering out the window, Addle could only see the edge of the swing set, serrated by the moonlight.

She could see the Alfa parked below, the moonlight gilding its dark green paint.

The Golden Bough would show no flash in the moonlight when they sailed into Adulis Bay to take unawares the anchored fleet of Islam.

It looked as if it was just below us, rising out of a flat sea of nacreous mist or lowish cloud that reflected the moonlight.

The churchyard at Ashford, and the stone cross, from whence diverged the several roads to London, Canterbury, and Ashford, situated midway between the two latter places, served, so tradition avouched, as nocturnal theatres for the unhallowed deeds of the Wulfrics, who thither prowled by moonlight, it was said, to batten on the freshly-buried dead, or drain the blood of any living wight who might be rash enough to venture among those solitary spots.

When he saw Azar standing on the balcony in the moonlight, her hands raised to the heavens, a sharp stab of pain struck him.

A little further on it says: Therapies, bathing in moonlight, running water, wearing of bangles, bracelets and anklets.

Will, on his own by choice for some long time, stared at the Biter in the milky moonlight until she shimmered in his eyes.

Alison, her bright, stunningly blue eyes bluer still in the Caribbean moonlight.

But here he was in his room, with the moonlight coming in at the half-parted curtain and making a ghost of Boa under her single sheet.

I sped through an area of moonlight, and crouched beyond the swimming pool, a layout almost identical to the Boody construction, near the building where the servants would be housed.

Striking through the foliage of the yews and hollies, it spread upon the path and upon the paved space of the Bosquet, a flowered carpet in which the flowers were moonlight upon a groundwork of shadow.

He stood there in the moonlight, shifting nervously from one foot to the other, fiddling with the bugle, shaking it angrily, testing it against his lips.

Four amazed and crestfallen damsels halted and turned back, to find Miss Burd, attired in a white dressing-gown, standing in the moonlight on the grass.

A woman who seemed old and bent as the tree opened it and saw him where he stood, the broken moonlight sheening off helm and byrnie and his horse, which was the colour of mist, cropping the frosty grass behind him.