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Webster 1913 Edition
Morning
1.
The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.
2.
The first or early part;
as, the
. morning
of life3.
The goddess Aurora.
[Poetic]
Shak.
Morn′ing
,Adj.
Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day;
as,
morning
dew; morning
light; morning
service.She looks as clear
As
As
morning
roses newly washed with dew. Shakespeare
Morning gown
, a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day.
– Morning gun
, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts.
– Morning sickness
(Med.)
, nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; – a common sign of pregnancy.
– Morning star
. (a)
Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
Evening star
, Evening
. (b)
Satan. See
Lucifer
.Since he miscalled the
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
morning star
,Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
Byron.
(c)
A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain.
– Morning watch
(Naut.)
, the watch between four
a. m.
and eight a. m.
. Webster 1828 Edition
Morning
MORN'ING
, n.1.
The first part of the day, beginning at twelve o'clock at night and extending to twelve at noon. Thus we say, a star rises at one o'clock in the morning. In a more limited sense, morning is the time beginning an hour or two before sunrise, or at break of day, and extending to the hour of breakfast and of beginning the labors of the day. Among men of business in large cities, the morning extends to the hour of dining.2.
The first or early part. In the morning of life, devote yourself to the service of the Most High.
MORN'ING
,Adj.
She looks as clear
As morning roses newly washed with dew.
Definition 2024
morning
morning
English
Noun
morning (plural mornings)
- The part of the day from dawn to midday.
- 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
- 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5
- The part of the day after midnight and before midday: one o'clock in the morning = 0100 or 1 a.m.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from morning
See also
- (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, evening, dusk, night, midnight (Category: en:Times of day)
Translations
part of the day between dawn and midday
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the part of the day after midnight and before midday
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Interjection
morning
- A greeting said in the morning; good morning