Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The morning.
- noun The dawn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first part of the day; the morning: now used chiefly in poetry and often with personification. See
morning . - noun Morrow: usually preceded by the: as, the morn (that is, to-morrow).
- noun An abbreviation of
morning .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Morning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the time period between dawn and noon
Etymologies
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Examples
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The only proper way to greet the morn is to growl loudly and throw things.
Clara Breed Roger Sutton 2006
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The creation morn is appropriately associated with these, it being the commencement of this world's day.
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Despite rising in tandem with euro in Asian morn ing after y'day's selloff to 1.5187 (NY), as this move is seen as a minor retracement of recent down - trend, reckon 1.5295/05 wud cap recovery n yield retreat, below 1.5234, top seen, 1.5200/05 later.
FXstreet.com AceTrader 2010
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And therein were many knights and squires to behold, scaffolds and pavilions; for there upon the morn should be a great tournament: and the lord of the tower was in his castle and looked out at a window, and saw a damosel, a dwarf, and a knight armed at all points.
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For the morn will be their day, what will be their way
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And therein were many knights and squires to behold, scaffolds and pavilions; for there upon the morn should be a great tournament: and the lord of the tower was in his castle and looked out at a window, and saw a damosel, a dwarf, and a knight armed at all points.
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"Sufficient unto the morn is the evil thereof, '" called Albert after him.
Other Main-Travelled Roads Hamlin Garland 1900
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And on the morn was the feast of S. Laurence, and then died and departed out of this mortal life the holy lady and friend of our
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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-- Maister Tirl, the yellow room is ready for ye when ye like; and, gentlemen, as the morn is the Sabbath, I canna be keeping the servant queans out of their beds to wait on ye ony langer, for they will mak it an excuse for lying till aught o'clock on the Lord's day.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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I don't really know where "morn" people come from ...
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2002
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