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growing of the moon

growing of the moon noun: the waxing phase of the lunar cycle.

Noun

growing of the moon (plural growing of the moons)

  1. The waxing phase of the lunar cycle.
    • Well, when they take [give] you those stinging nettles , they create ev’ry growing of the moon, see.1970, Harry Middleton Hyatt, Hoodoo Conjuration WItchcraft & Rootwork, page 1395
    • In the same county, too, when a boy is born in the wane of the moon, it is believed that the next birth will be a girl, and vice versa; and it is also commonly said that when a birth takes place on the 'growing of the moon' the next child will be of the same sex."2008 November 10, Timothy Harley, “IV. LUNAR INFLUENCES.”, in Moon Lore, Project Gutenberg

Forms of growing of the moon

pluralgrowing of the moons

Questions about growing of the moon

What does growing of the moon mean?
Growing of the moon means the waxing phase of the lunar cycle.
What part of speech is growing of the moon?
Growing of the moon is a noun.
What is the plural of growing of the moon?
The plural of growing of the moon is growing of the moons.

Words near growing of the moon in the dictionary

  1. growing into
  2. growing like a weed
  3. growing media
  4. growing moon
  5. growing moons
  6. growing of the moon
  7. growing on
  8. growing out
  9. growing out of
  10. growing pains
  11. growing season

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