Morning
['mɔːnɪŋ] or ['mɔrnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the time period between dawn and noon; 'I spent the morning running errands'.
Edited by Lelia--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Mary
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dawn, daybreak, aurora, sunrise, MORN, break of day, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.[2]. Forenoon, early part of the day.[3]. Early part, spring-time.
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Definition
n. the first part of the day: the early part of anything: the first dram of the day.—adj. pertaining to the morning: taking place or being in the morning.—ns. Morn′ing-dress dress such as is usually worn in the morning as opposed to Evening-dress; Morn′ing-gift a gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after marriage; Morning-gown a gown for wearing in the morning; Morn′ing-land the east; Morn′ing-room a woman's morning boudoir or sitting-room in English country houses; Morn′ing-sick′ness nausea and vomiting in the morning common in the early stages of pregnancy; Morn′ing-star any of the planets esp. Venus when it rises before the sun: a kind of flail with a star-like ball of metal at the end of a chain formerly used as a weapon of war; Morn′ing-tide the morning time: early part; Morn′ing-watch the watch between 4 and 8 A.M.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see the morning dawn clear in your dreams, prognosticates a near approach of fortune and pleasure. A cloudy morning, portends weighty affairs will overwhelm you.
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Examples
- You are incomprehensible this morning,' said Louisa. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The next morning after the capture of Petersburg, I telegraphed Mr. Lincoln asking him to ride out there and see me, while I would await his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then I remembered all at once that I had not said my prayers that morning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But she took such a long walk up and down our rooms that night, while I was writing to Agnes, that I began to think she meant to walk till morning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- As I had sufficient hopes of the will to be in a flutter about it, Allan and I agreed to go down to the court that morning. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Tell my servant to bring me up some hot water at half-past eight in the morning, and that I shall not want him any more to-night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Have you seen Mr. Sykes this morning? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The fine crisp morning made her mother feel particularly well and happy at breakfast-time. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- At nine o'clock in the morning we went and stood before this marble colossus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At this time of the morning, it would be rather too good a--Well, I don't know, my dear--you may do that again, if you please. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was still early enough to catch the morning train. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Young lady, if my master don't fall out with me, I'll look down by the kiln by and by, where the boy will be most like, and again in the morning! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm glad Mas'r didn't go off this morning, as he looked to, said Tom; that ar hurt me more than sellin', it did. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why, Mr. Holmes, the crime was only committed at three this morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- My bad night made it late in the morning, before I could get to Mr. Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This unlucky morning, of all mornings in the year, was the morning next after Mr Boffin's interview with Mrs Lammle in her little carriage. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He missed him sadly of mornings and tried in vain to walk in the park without him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Four fine mornings successively were spent in this manner, in shewing the Crawfords the country, and doing the honours of its finest spots. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- While I can have my mornings to myself, said she, it is enough--I think it is no sacrifice to join occasionally in evening engagements. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She passed long mornings with them--the most dreary and serious of forenoons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He used to take him out of mornings when they would go to the stables together and to the park. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My eyes are bright now because I'm so nervous--but in the mornings they look like lead. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Every evening we went either to a play or a party, and the mornings we passed on board, or walking, or riding about. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then he asked your name, my dear, and mine; and on other Sunday mornings, when we walked his way, we saw him again, and--and really that's all. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This remark was made at the breakfast-table, a few mornings after Miss Ophelia had arrived. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mostly I slept in the mornings, and in the afternoons, sometimes, I went to the races, and late to the mechanotherapy treatments. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When I had taken the copy, I rubbed out the marks, but, two mornings later, a fresh inscription had appeared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The early day was blue and silver; one of those colorful mornings peculiar to southern Florida. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What did Van Campen say about me sleeping late in the mornings? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'll teach you manners, my fine fellow, one of these fine mornings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typist: Shirley