morning : Idioms & Phrases

A-morn"ings adverb

Etymology

See Amorwe. The -s is a genitival ending. See -wards.

Definitions

1. In the morning; every morning. Obs.

   And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.

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• noun a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas
  Ipomoea pes-caprae; railroad vine.
  

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• noun annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers; most commonly cultivated morning glory
  Ipomoea tricolor.
  
• noun pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers
  Ipomoea purpurea.
  

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• noun an hour early in the morning
  

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• the sun. "So gently shuts the eye day." Mrs. Barbauld.

Webster 1913

• noun a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
  morning.
  

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• noun hybrid from Ipomoea nil
  Ipomoea imperialis.
  

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• noun annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by wide color range and frilled or double flowers
  Ipomoea nil.
  

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• noun a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
  swallow-tailed coat; swallowtail.
  

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• noun formal attire for men during the daytime
  
• noun a woman's informal dress for housework
  

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• noun any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
  

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• a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day.

Webster 1913

• a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts.

Webster 1913

• noun the first canonical hour; at daybreak
  matins.
  

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• noun a sitting room used during the daylight hours
  

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• noun nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy
  

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• (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; a common sign of pregnancy.

Webster 1913

• noun a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
  daystar; Phosphorus; Lucifer.
  

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• . (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.

  Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far. Byron.

  (c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain.

Webster 1913

• noun the time period between dawn and noon
  forenoon; morn; morning.
  
  • I spent the morning running errands

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• (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and eight A. M..

Webster 1913

• noun a large dose of estrogen taken orally within 24 to 72 hours after intercourse; prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive; commonly used after rape or incest
  

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Morn"ing-glo`ry noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.

Webster 1913

• noun morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
  Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae.
  

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• noun annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States
  Ipomoea coccinea; star ipomoea.
  

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• noun common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
  Convolvulus sepium; hedge bindweed; Calystegia sepium.
  
• noun weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
  field bindweed; Convolvulus arvensis.
  

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