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BREAK OF DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does break of day mean? 

BREAK OF DAY (noun)
  The noun BREAK OF DAY has 1 sense:

1. the first light of dayplay

  Familiarity information: BREAK OF DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BREAK OF DAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The first light of day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

aurora; break of day; break of the day; cockcrow; dawn; dawning; daybreak; dayspring; first light; morning; sunrise; sunup

Context example:

they talked until morning

Hypernyms ("break of day" is a kind of...):

hour; time of day (clock time)


 Context examples 


They walked the whole night long, and by break of day came once more to their father’s house.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The youth sat down in the garden and considered how it might be possible to perform this task, but he could think of nothing, and there he sat sorrowfully awaiting the break of day, when he should be led to death.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
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"Wait for the night before saying that the day has been beautiful" (Breton proverb)

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"Don't postpone until tomorrow, what you can do today." (Dutch proverb)



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