2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a book or musical work as monumental , you are emphasizing that it is very large and impressive, and is likely to be important for a long time. [EMPHASIS ] □ …his monumental work on Chinese astronomy.
3 ADJ [ADJ n] A monumental building or sculpture is very large and impressive. □ …monumental sculpture.
moo /muː / (moos , mooing , mooed ) VERB When cattle, especially cows, moo , they make the long low sound that cattle typically make. □ [V ] …a sound like a cow mooing. ● N‑COUNT Moo is also a noun. □ The cow says 'moo-moo'.
MOOC /muː k/ (MOOCs ) N‑COUNT A MOOC is a free online course that many people can study. MOOC is an abbreviation for 'massive open online course'. □ The university has developed a MOOC in clinical psychology.
mooch /muː tʃ/ (mooches , mooching , mooched )
▸ mooch around in BRIT, also use mooch about PHRASAL VERB If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose. □ [V P n] Andrew was left to mooch around the house on his own. □ [V P ] He was awake at 3am, mooching about in the darkness.
mood ◆◇◇ /muː d/ (moods )
1 N‑COUNT [oft adj N , oft in N ] Your mood is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good mood , you feel cheerful. If you are in a bad mood , you feel angry and impatient. □ He is clearly in a good mood today. □ When he came back, he was in a foul mood. □ His moods swing alarmingly. ● PHRASE If you say that you are in the mood for something, you mean that you want to do it or have it. If you say that you are in no mood to do something, you mean that you do not want to do it or have it. □ After a day of air and activity, you should be in the mood for a good meal. □ He was in no mood to celebrate.
2 N‑COUNT [oft in a N ] If someone is in a mood , the way they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient. □ She was obviously in a mood.
3 N‑SING [oft with poss] The mood of a group of people is the way that they think and feel about an idea, event, or question at a particular time. □ [+ of ] They largely misread the mood of the electorate.
4 N‑COUNT The mood of a place is the general impression that you get of it. □ First, set the mood with music.
5 N‑VAR In grammar, the mood of a clause is the way in which the verb forms are used to show whether the clause is, for example, a statement, a question, or an instruction.
moody /muː di/ (moodier , moodiest )
1 ADJ If you describe someone as moody , you mean that their feelings and behaviour change frequently, and in particular that they often become depressed or angry without any warning. □ David's mother was unstable and moody. ● moodi|ly /muː d I li/ ADV [usu ADV with v] □ He sat and stared moodily out the window. ● moodi|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ His moodiness may have been caused by his poor health.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a picture, film, or piece of music as moody , you mean that it suggests particular emotions, especially sad ones. □ …moody black and white photographs.
moon ◆◇◇ /muː n/ (moons )
1 N‑SING [oft full/new N ] The moon is the object that you can often see in the sky at night. It goes round the Earth once every four weeks, and as it does so its appearance changes from a circle to part of a circle. □ …the first man on the moon. □ …the light of a full moon.
2 → see also new moon
3 N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] A moon is an object similar to a small planet that travels around a planet. □ …Neptune's large moon.
4 PHRASE If you say that something happens once in a blue moon , you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all. [EMPHASIS ] □ Once in a blue moon you get some problems.
5 PHRASE If you say that you are over the moon , you mean that you are very pleased about something. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]
moon|beam /muː nbiːm/ (moonbeams ) N‑COUNT A moonbeam is a ray of light from the moon.
moon|less /muː nləs/ ADJ A moonless sky or night is dark because there is no moon.
moon|light /muː nla I t/ (moonlights , moonlighting , moonlighted )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Moonlight is the light that comes from the moon at night. □ They walked along the road in the moonlight. □ We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.
2 VERB If someone moonlights , they have a second job in addition to their main job, often without informing their main employers or the tax office. □ [V + as ] …an engineer who was moonlighting as a taxi driver. □ [V ] Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight.
moon|lit /muː nl I t/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that is moonlit is lit by moonlight. □ …a beautiful moonlit night.
moon|shine /muː nʃa I n/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Moonshine is whisky that is made illegally. [mainly AM ]
2 N‑UNCOUNT If you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine , you think they are foolish and not based on reality. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
moor /mʊə r / (moors , mooring , moored )