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[ noun ] the first light of day
Examples "we got up before dawn" "they talked until morning" Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)The landscape of Greek history broadens widely , and rather abruptly , in the eighth century B.C. , the age of Homer 's `` rosy fingered Dawn '' . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Argiento had been trained so rigorously by the Jesuits that Michelangelo was unable to change his habits : up before dawn to scrub the floors , whether they were dirty or not ; water boiling on the fire for washing laundry every_day , the pots scoured with river sand after each meal . Before dawn . At dawn Argiento went_to Jacopo_Galli . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Kate had no idea what they were talking of , although she had seen the blue lights and strange fires burning and winking on the ridges at night , had heard horsemen on the River_Road and hill trails through the nights till dawn . |
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 105
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[ verb ] become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
Examples "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" "she was penetrated with sorrow" Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge table from you , he was a man , and that because Gratt_Shafer was making you miserable , you were passing it down to him , to Gratt_Shafer 's substitute , that other guy . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19735
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[ noun ] an opening time period
Examples "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" Related terms |
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