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noun
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sunrise, daybreak, dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, crack of dawn, daylight, dayspring, first light, lauds, solrise, sparrow-fart, sun, sunlight, sunrising, sunup
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The change in color of the sky at sunup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the first light of day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, cockcrow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hour, time of day
History
sun + up
