daybreak

«daybreak» in Mova's school dictionary: The time in the early morning when light first appears in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (daybreak)

meaning for a pupil

The time in the early morning when light first appears in the sky; dawn. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories daybreak marks the start of a journey or the end of a long night; in science it links to sunrise and the Earth turning. Phrases: «at daybreak», «before daybreak», «from daybreak till dusk».

examples

• We set off at daybreak to catch the early ferry. tree →
• The rooster crows at daybreak. tree →
• The soldiers waited until daybreak to cross the river. tree →
• Farmers often work from daybreak till dusk. tree →
• By daybreak the snow had covered the whole garden. tree →
• Birds sing loudest just before daybreak, in the dawn chorus. tree →
• Daybreak comes earlier in summer than in winter. tree →
• At daybreak Jack rose and went out into the garden. tree →

note

Uncountable, usually with «at»: «at daybreak». Means the same as «dawn» and «first light»; opposite «dusk», «nightfall». Daybreak is a little before sunrise, when the sky already lightens but the Sun is not yet up.

In the corpora

• So hath Beth-el done unto you because of your great wickedness; at daybreak is the king of Israel utterly cut off.

Trees and pragmatics

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