cockcrow

«cockcrow» in Mova's school dictionary: the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (cockcrow, cockcrows)

meaning for a pupil

Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a way of saying the time when the night ends and morning begins; «till cockcrow» means until morning

examples

• She woke them early, at cockcrow. tree →
• The farmer rose at cockcrow. tree →
• She picked up pears till cockcrow. tree →

note

«till cockcrow» marks a time of day, not a count; it is not a number, so it changes nothing in a sum

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cockcrow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.