Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The time of sunrise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sunrise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Local, U.S. Sunrise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US The
time ofday when thesun appears above theeastern horizon . - noun US The
change incolor of thesky at sunup.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the first light of day
Etymologies
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Examples
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And why would a farmer care whether sunup is 7 am or 8 am?
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I had a beautiful three acre island covered with recently mowed winter wheat and about a thousand goose decoys. 10 minutes after sunup on opening day an idiot came down the river with a portable blind in his boat.
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Doors flying open, slamming shut, cars driving in, driving out from sundown to sunup.
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If you have a film or digital media student working hard from sunup through the next sunup, opt for a reliable external hard drive.
Katie Campbell: Creating a Nontraditional Care Package for Your College Student Katie Campbell 2011
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Baha'is abstain from food and drink from sunup to sundown during the Fast and recite especially revealed prayers.
Rothwell Polk: Baha'is Slow Down, Tune In During Fast Rothwell Polk 2011
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I had a beautiful three acre island covered with recently mowed winter wheat and about a thousand goose decoys. 10 minutes after sunup on opening day an idiot came down the river with a portable blind in his boat.
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American companies carved up “the rich volcanic soil” and worked their indentured laborers of color “from sunup to sunset.”
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Women congregate, commune and communicate here from sunup to sundown on every conceivable topic.
Emily Bracken: Women Are From Crazytown And Men Are From Weirdville Emily Bracken 2011
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In a day and age when I can get my spot news anywhere at anytime, from sunup to sundown, maybe what I'm really looking for is someone to tell me what might happen next and then someone to stick with the story so that I understand every nuance it has to offer.
Mike Hegedus: The Egyptian Coup -- Isn't That Over Yet? Mike Hegedus 2011
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Women congregate, commune and communicate here from sunup to sundown on every conceivable topic.
Emily Bracken: Women Are From Crazytown And Men Are From Weirdville Emily Bracken 2011
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