English

a sunrise

Noun

sunrise ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sunrises)

1. (figuratively) The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

   I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.

2. The change in color of the sky at dawn.

   Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?

3. (figuratively) Any great awakening.

   It was the sunrise of her spirit.

   • 1915, Mrs. Hugh Fraser, Storied Italy:

     Her face shone for a moment with new and unearthly splendour, her eyes lighted up with a very sunrise of joy.

   • 1898, F. R. Chandler, The Story of Lake Geneva, Or, Summer Homes for City People:

     It is in its zenith at mid-June, a very sunrise of Nature; and what with its forest and flower- fringed shores, its palace homes and parks, each with its white-winged or canopied yacht for skimming the lake at will, it at once occurred to me that Paradise had already been discovered and appropriated by Lake Geneva loiterers.

Synonyms

• sunup (1)
• crack of dawn
• dawn
• sparrow-fart

Derived terms

• sunrise period
• tequila sunrise

Translations

See also

• sunset
• moonset
• moonrise

Anagrams

• insures, nursies