Sunup

//ˈsʌnʌp// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. US, countable, uncountable

    "“Shagbark, that was risky on your part; even where it lies it is much closer than I like, for we shall all have to see it in the morning.” “No, you won’t; it’ll be gone afore sunup.”"

  2. 2
    the first light of day wordnet
  3. 3
    The change in color of the sky at sunup. US, countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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break of daycockcrowdawndawndaybreakdayspring

Example

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"Tom worked from sunup to sundown."

Etymology

sun + up

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