Word Study
sunrise
CIDE DICTIONARY
sunrise, n.
- The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise. Keble. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. [1913 Webster]"Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising." [1913 Webster]"Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack,
And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sunrise, n.
1 the sun's rising at dawn.
2 the coloured sky associated with this.
3 the time at which sunrise occurs.
1 the sun's rising at dawn.
2 the coloured sky associated with this.
3 the time at which sunrise occurs.
Idiom
sunrise industry any newly established industry, esp. in electronics and telecommunications, regarded as signalling prosperity.
THESAURUS
sunrise
aurora, break of day, brightening, cardinal points, chanticleer, cockcrow, cocklight, compass card, compass rose, crack of dawn, dawn, dawning, day-peep, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, degrees, east, eastward, first brightening, half points, light, lubber line, morn, morning, north, northeast, northward, northwest, occident, orient, peep of day, prime, quarter points, rhumb, south, southeast, southward, southwest, sunset, sunup, vestibule of Day, west, westwardROGET THESAURUS
sunrise
Morning
N morning, morn, forenoon, a, m, prime, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, foreday, sunup, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning, twilight, crepuscule, sunrise, cockcrow, cockcrowing, the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, spring, vernal equinox, first point of Aries, noon, midday, noonday, noontide, meridian, prime, nooning, noontime, summer, midsummer, matin, matutinal, vernal, at sunrise, with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns, at shut of evening flowers, entre chien et loup, flames in the forehead of the morning sky, the breezy call of incense-breathing morn.For further exploring for "sunrise" in Webster Dictionary Online