break of day
break of day noun: daybreak.
Noun
break of day
- Daybreak.
- at the break of day
- Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet XXIX”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- break of dawn, daybreak
break of day meaning in Tamil
break of day in Tamil
- வெட்டவிடி, விடிகாலை, விடியற்காலம், விடியல், பிரபாதம், பொழுதுவிடியல்
Examples of break of day in a sentence
- Well, with break of day she wakes and sits up in bed.1897, James M. Barrie, chapter 5, in Margaret Ogilvy:
- Because tonight I intend to play / And if you listen by the break of day / You might even say / Hey, yeah1981, L.T.D., “Kickin' Back”, in Love Magic:
- Wholesale buyers and curious onlookers pack Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market at the break of day.2001 August 6, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, “Wailing Over Whales”, in Time:
Synonyms of break of day
Questions about break of day
- What does break of day mean?
- Break of day means daybreak.
- What is break of day in Tamil?
- Break of day in Tamil is வெட்டவிடி, விடிகாலை, விடியற்காலம். See Break of day meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use break of day in a sentence?
- Well, with break of day she wakes and sits up in bed.
- What part of speech is break of day?
- Break of day is a noun.
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