v. i. | 1. | To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; |
2. | To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. | |
n. | 1. | The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. |
2. | First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup, morning |
2. | dawn - the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" Synonyms: morning | |
3. | dawn - an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" | |
Verb | 1. | dawn - become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" |
2. | dawn - appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" | |
3. | dawn - become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" |