'Morning' definitions:

Definition of 'morning'

(from WordNet)
noun
The time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands" [syn: morning, morn, morning time, forenoon]
noun
A conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good morning, morning]
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]

Definition of 'Morning'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The goddess Aurora. [Poetic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Morning'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far. --Byron. [1913 Webster] (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.. [1913 Webster] Morning glory

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