moonlight

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Synonyms: noonlight, looplight, moonlit, moonlights, footlight, downlight, booklight, monolight

Antonyms: noonlight, looplight, moonlit, moonlights, footlight, downlight, booklight, monolight

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q1058800}}{{lb|en|uncountable|also|attributive}} The [[light#Noun|light]] [[reflect]]ed from the [[Moon]], which [[seem]]s to [[emanate]] from it.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable|archaic}} The [[silvery]] [[color#Noun|colour]] of the light reflected by the Moon.
3. {{lb|en|uncountable|UK|dialectal|archaic}} {{synonym of|en|moonshine|t=[[illegally]] [[produce#Verb|produced]] or [[smuggle#Verb|smuggled]] [[spirits#Noun|spirits]]}}.
4. {{lb|en|countable|informal}} ''Chiefly in'' '''to [[do#Verb|do]] a moonlight''': {{short for|en|moonlight flit|t=an [[act#Noun|act]] of [[secretly]] [[leave#Verb|leaving]] [[premises#Noun|premises]] without [[pay#Verb|paying]] the [[rent#Noun|rent]], supposedly at [[night#Noun|night]] by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of [[escape#Verb|escaping]] at night|nocap=1}}.
5. {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}}
2. {{lb|en|transitive|Ireland|historical|passive voice}} Of a tenant farmer: to be attacked for not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.

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