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    [Verb]  | "dawn" | \ ˈdȯn \


    1: to begin to grow light as the sun rises

    2: to begin to appear or develop

    3: to begin to be perceived or understood


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, probably back-formation from dawning daybreak, alteration of dawing, from Old English dagung, from dagian see: ;

    [Noun]  | "dawn" 


    1: the first appearance of light in the morning followed by sunrise

    2: beginning


    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "dawn chorus" 


    1: the singing of wild birds that closely precedes and follows sunrise especially in spring and summer


    Origin: 1874 ;

    [Noun]  | "dawn horse" 


    1: eohippus


    Origin: 1930 ;

    [Noun]  | "dawn redwood" 


    1: a metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) of China resembling the coast redwood but having deciduous foliage


    Origin: 1948 ;

    [Noun]  | "eo*hip*pus" | \ ˌē-ō-ˈhi-pəs \


    1: any of a genus (Hyracotherium synonym Eohippus) of very small primitive horses from the Lower Eocene having 4-toed forefeet and 3-toed hind feet —called also dawn horse


    Origin: circa 1879 ;

     New Latin, from eo- + Greek hippos horse {mat|equine|};

    [Phrasal verb]  | "dawn on" 


    1: to begin to be understood or realized by (someone) for the first time

    [Idiom]  | "at the crack of dawn" 


    1: very early in the morning : at dawn

    [Idiom]  | "from dawn to/until dusk" 


    1: from early morning until early evening

    [Adjective]  | "pre*dawn" | \ ˌprē-ˈdȯn \


    1: existing or occurring before dawn


    Origin: 1883 ;

    [Noun]  | "dawn" 


    1: the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance;


      * e.g., " ... we stayed up talking until dawn "





    2: the point at which something begins;


      * e.g., " ... the dawn of civilization "





    [Verb]  | "dawn" 


    1: to come into existence;


      * e.g., " ... a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke "





    [Verb]  | "dawn (on)" 


    1: to enter the mind of;


      * e.g., " ... it finally dawned on me that I had been going the wrong way "



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     [ "dawn" ]

    1: a girl who is pretty and nice

      * e.g.,  ... Dawn is a girl 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: non-caffinated natural morning perkiness, the ying to the yang of the night owl. the sudden lightbulb going off in your mind that usually is combined with a slap on the forehead. both can be enhanced by a good cup of coffee

      * e.g.,  ... dawning is rising with the first spark of sunlight or when you realize what has been nagging you and it all comes clear. 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: New Day! New beginning, the explosion of bright light in your eyes. Arise and Shine for the light has come!

      * e.g.,  ... fresh and new dawn 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: A person who acts older than she is and is i love with an amazing person.

      * e.g.,  ... Dawn 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: (v) - To be dawned.

      * e.g.,  ... My lecturer gave me a bad mark for my experimental sound assignment, so I dawned her. 


     [ "dawn" ]

    2: Setting a person on fire (or just burning them), then whacking them in the head with a pot, then throwing ice cubes at them, then injecting them with air to cause an embolism. Usually fatal.

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: stella but she's actually nice

      * e.g.,  ... shes like stella, but nice 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: dawn <3

      * e.g.,  ... dawn makes my heart feel warmer 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: To creepily watch as people talk on social media.

      * e.g.,  ... We are being dawned by someone. 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: (n.) a female jawn; an attractive woman

      * e.g.,  ... yo bro, how do you feel about jessica? 

     [ "dawn" ]

    1: Dumb ass white nigger

      * e.g.,  ... Ignore that cracker. He's a dawn! 

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