Night

[naɪt]

Definition

(noun.) darkness; 'it vanished into the night'.

(noun.) the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; 'three nights later he collapsed'.

(noun.) the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.

(noun.) the time between sunset and midnight; 'he watched television every night'.

(noun.) the period spent sleeping; 'I had a restless night'.

(noun.) a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom.

(noun.) a shortening of nightfall; 'they worked from morning to night'.

Inputed by Donald--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

(n.) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

(n.) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

(n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.

(n.) The period after the close of life; death.

(n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

Editor: Ryan

Definition

n. the end of the day: the time from sunset to sunrise: darkness: ignorance affliction or sorrow: death.—ns. Night′-bell a bell for use at night—of a physician &c.; Night′-bird a bird that flies only at night esp. the owl: the nightingale as singing at night; Night′-blind′ness inability to see in a dim light nyctalopia; Night′-brawl′er one who raises disturbances in the night; Night′cap a cap worn at night in bed (so Night′dress -shirt &c.): a dram taken before going to bed: a cap drawn over the face before hanging; Night′-cart a cart used to remove the contents of privies before daylight; Night′-chair a night-stool; Night′-churr or -jar the British species of goat-sucker so called from the sound of its cry.—n.pl. Night′-clothes garments worn in bed.—ns. Night′-crow a bird that cries in the night; Night′-dog (Shak.) a dog that hunts in the night.—adj. Night′ed benighted: (Shak.) darkened clouded.—ns. Night′fall the fall or beginning of the night: the close of the day: evening; Night′faring travelling by night; Night′fire a fire burning in the night: a will-o'-the-wisp; Night′-fish′ery a mode of fishing by night or a place where this is done; Night′-fly a moth that flies at night; Night′-foe one who makes his attack by night; Night′-foss′icker one who robs a digging by night.—adj. Night′-foun′dered lost in the night.—ns. Night′-fowl a night-bird; Night′-glass a spy-glass with concentrating lenses for use at night; Night′-gown a long loose robe for sleeping in for men or women; a loose gown for wearing in the house; Night′-hag a witch supposed to be abroad at night; Night′-hawk a species of migratory goat-sucker common in America; Night′-her′on a heron of nocturnal habit; Night′-house a tavern allowed to be open during the night; Night′-hunt′er a degraded woman who prowls about the streets at night for her prey; Night′-lamp or -light a light left burning all night.—adj. Night′less having no night.—n. Night′-line a fishing-line set overnight.—adj. and adv. Night′long lasting all night.—adj. Night′ly done by night: done every night.—adv. by night: every night.—ns. Night′-man a night-watchman or scavenger; Night′-owl an owl of exclusively nocturnal habits: one who sits up very late; Night′-pal′sy a numbness of the lower limbs incidental to women; Night′piece a picture or literary description of a night-scene: a painting to be seen best by artificial light; Night′-por′ter a porter in attendance during the night at hotels railway stations &c.; Night′-rail a night-gown: a 17th-century form of head-dress; Night′-rav′en (Shak.) a bird that cries at night supposed to be of ill-omen; Night′-rest the repose of the night; Night′-rule (Shak.) a frolic at night.—adv. Nights (obs.) by night.—ns. Night′-school a school held at night esp. for those at work during the day; Night′-sea′son the time of night; Night′shade a name of several plants of the genus Solanum having narcotic properties often found in damp shady woods; Night′-shriek a cry in the night; Night′-side the dark mysterious or gloomy side of anything; Night′-sing′er any bird like the nightingale esp. the Irish sedge-warbler; Night′-soil the contents of privies cesspools &c. generally carried away at night; Night′-spell a charm against accidents by night; Night′-steed one of the horses in the chariot of Night; Night′-stool a close-stool for use in a bedroom; Night′-tā′per a night-light burning slowly.—n.pl. Night′-terr′ors the sudden starting from sleep of children in a state of fright.—p.adj. Night′-trip′ping (Shak.) tripping about in the night.—ns. Night′-wak′ing watching in the night; Night′-walk a walk in the night; Night′-walk′er one who walks in his sleep at night a somnambulist: one who walks about at night for bad purposes esp. a prostitute; Night′-walk′ing walking in one's sleep somnambulism: roving about at night with evil designs; Night′-wan′derer one who wanders by night.—adjs. Night′-war′bling singing in the night; Night′ward toward night.—ns. Night′-watch a watch or guard at night: time of watch in the night; Night′-watch′man one who acts as a watch during the night; Night′-work work done at night.

Editor: Olaf