front vs moon

front

verb
  • To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front. 

  • To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. 

  • To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. 

  • To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). 

  • To appear before. 

  • To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc). 

  • To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. 

  • To assume false or disingenuous appearances. 

  • Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body. 

  • To act as a front (for); to cover (for). 

  • To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). 

  • To face, be opposite to. 

noun
  • An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. 

  • A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. 

  • A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth). 

  • The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. 

  • A seafront or coastal promenade. 

  • A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group. 

  • The beginning. 

  • A field of activity. 

  • The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. 

  • An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. 

  • The most conspicuous part. 

  • That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. 

  • The side of a building with the main entrance. 

  • When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. 

  • The direction of the enemy. 

  • The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. 

adj
  • Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one). 

  • Located at or near the front. 

  • Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). 

moon

verb
  • To adorn with moons or crescents. 

  • To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. 

  • To spend time idly, absent-mindedly. 

  • To gaze at lovingly or in adoration. 

  • To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest. 

  • (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone. 

  • To expose to the rays of the Moon. 

  • To shoot the moon. 

noun
  • A month, particularly a lunar month. 

  • A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object. 

  • A crescent-like outwork in a fortification. 

  • Any natural satellite of a planet. 

  • The thirty-second Lenormand card. 

  • In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand. 

  • The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot. 

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