sunup
sunup · sunups
перерва
перерыв, разлом, поворот
Bruch, Pause, Öffnung
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizonThe time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
/ˈsʌnʌp/
» Tom headed home just before sunup.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(US, countable, uncountable)The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
(US, countable, uncountable)The change in color of the sky at sunup.
More definitions
- the first light of day
Examples
4 sentencesTom headed home just before sunup.
Tom began driving home just before sunup.
Tom left for Boston just before sunup.
Tom worked from sunup to sundown.
Forms
plural: sunupsSynonyms
23 synonymssunriseB1dawnB2breakA2daylightA2sunA1sunlightA2daybreakbreak of dawnbreak of daybutt crack of dawncockcrowcrack of dawndayspringfirst light
Close in meaning
- the first light of day:dawndawningmorningaurorafirst lightdaybreakbreak of daybreak of the day
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.