'DAWN' definitions:
Definition of 'dawn'
From: WordNet
noun
The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset]
noun
The earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
noun
An opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
verb
Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place]
verb
Appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
verb
Become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
Definition of 'Dawn'
From: GCIDE
- Dawn \Dawn\ (d[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawned (d[add]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d[ae]g day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day. [root]71.]
- 1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. [1913 Webster]
- In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. --Matt. xxviii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber, [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dawn'
From: GCIDE
- Dawn \Dawn\, n.
- 1. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. [1913 Webster]
- And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day. --Hood. [1913 Webster]
- 2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dawn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A,
- advent,
- alpha,
- antemeridian,
- appear,
- appearance,
- arise,
- arrival,
- arrive,
- aurora,
- auroral,
- awakening,
- begin,
- beginning,
- birth,
- blast-off,
- break,
- break of day,
- brighten,
- brightening,
- broad day,
- chanticleer,
- cockcrow,
- cocklight,
- come to mind,
- commence,
- commencement,
- crack of dawn,
- creation,
- cutting edge,
- dawning,
- day,
- day glow,
- day-peep,
- daybreak,
- daylight,
- dayshine,
- dayspring,
- daytide,
- daytime,
- develop,
- dusk,
- edge,
- emerge,
- emergence,
- establishment,
- first brightening,
- first light,
- flying start,
- foundation,
- fresh start,
- full sun,
- genesis,
- gleam,
- green flash,
- grow bright,
- grow light,
- inauguration,
- inception,
- institution,
- jump-off,
- kick-off,
- leading edge,
- light,
- light of day,
- lighten,
- matin,
- matinal,
- matutinal,
- midday sun,
- morn,
- morning,
- new departure,
- noonlight,
- noontide light,
- occur to,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- opening,
- origin,
- originate,
- origination,
- outbreak,
- outset,
- outstart,
- peep of day,
- prime,
- ray of sunshine,
- rise,
- running start,
- send-off,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- shine,
- square one,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting point,
- sun spark,
- sunbeam,
- sunbreak,
- sunburst,
- sunlight,
- sunrise,
- sunshine,
- sunup,
- take-off,
- twilight,
- unfold,
- vestibule of Day
Acronyms for 'DAWN'
From: V.E.R.A.
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