"moonlighted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: moon-lighted [alternative]
Etymology: From moon + lighted. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|lighted}} moon + lighted Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} moonlighted (not comparable)
  1. Illuminated by moonlight. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: moonlight [attributive], moonlit, moonshiny
    Sense id: en-moonlighted-en-adj-QPiCDA3W Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Light Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 82 18 Disambiguation of Light: 65 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English moonlight English -ed English moonlighted From moonlight + -ed. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|moonlight#Verb|-ed|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English moonlight English -ed English moonlighted From moonlight + -ed. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} moonlighted
  1. simple past and past participle of moonlight Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: moonlight
    Sense id: en-moonlighted-en-verb-14cu3YCl Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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