From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
morning
adj : in the morning; "the morning hours" [syn: {morning(a)}]
n 1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning
running errands" [syn: morn, morning time,
forenoon]
2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn:
good morning]
3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, aurora,
first light, daybreak, break of day, {break of the
day}, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant:
sunset]
4: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the
morning of the world" [syn: dawn]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Morning \Morn"ing\ (m[^o]rn"[i^]ng), n. [OE. morning, morwening.
See Morn.]
1. The first or early part of the day, variously understood
as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the
time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.
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2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life.
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3. The goddess Aurora. [Poetic] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being
in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;
morning service.
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She looks as clear
As morning roses newly washed with dew. --Shak.
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Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning before one is
dressed for the day.
Morning gun, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at
military posts.
Morning sickness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually
occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.
Morning star.
(a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn)
when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
Evening star, Evening.
(b) Satan. See Lucifer.
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Since he miscalled the morning star,
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far. --Byron.
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(c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes,
either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a
chain.
Morning watch (Naut.), the watch between four a. m. and
eight a. m..
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