Morning

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Morning \Morn"ing\ (m[^o]rn"[i^]ng), n. [OE. morning, morwening.
     See {Morn}.]
     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.
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     2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life.
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     3. The goddess Aurora. [Poetic] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
     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.
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           She looks as clear
           As morning roses newly washed with dew.  --Shak.
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     {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}.
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               Since he miscalled the morning star,
               Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far. --Byron.
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     (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..
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  morning
       adj : in the morning; "the morning hours" [syn: {morning(a)}]
       n 1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning
            running errands" [syn: {morn}, {morning time}, {forenoon}]
       2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: {good
          morning}]
       3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
          talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {aurora}, {first
          light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring},
           {sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}] [ant: {sunset}]
       4: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the
          morning of the world" [syn: {dawn}]