morning (iou) and Henry Medical Center (health)

morning (iou)

morning noun. ME.
[from MORN + -ING1, after EVENING.]
The process or fact of the approach of dawn; the time about sunrise. ME.
W. Cather He wandered about..all night, till morning put out the fireflies and the stars.
b. Daybreak; (the light of) dawn. Freq. personified. poet. L16.
The beginning or early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon; this time spent in a particular way or characterized by particular weather, conditions, experiences, etc. LME.
Monday morning, Tuesday morning, etc.
W. Cowper My morning is engrossed by the Garden. Times Literary Supplement A morning's browsing in a book shop. Dennis Potter A hint of steely night..showed that morning was on its way. J. Gardam The sun's well up now and I never saw such a morning. E. Segal One August morning..he turned five.
b. The part of the day extending to dinner-time. Now obsolete exc. Hist. M18.
fig. The beginning or early part of anything compared to a day; the early part of one's life etc. L16.
W. H. Prescott A war which hung like a dark cloud on the morning of her reign.
a. An alcoholic drink taken before breakfast. Chiefly Scot. E18.
b. A light meal taken at rising, some time before breakfast. dial. E19.
c. ellipt. = morning paper below. colloq. M20.
Daily Telegraph The..12 mornings printed in major provincial towns and cities.
ellipt. As interjection. Good morning. colloq. L19.
Phrases: in a morning colloq. = of a morning below. in the morning (a) (following a specified time) between midnight and noon, = a.m.; (b) during or in the course of the morning; (c) habitually in the morning; (d) tomorrow morning. last morning: see LAST adjective. morning after (a) the morning after (the night before), a morning on which a person has a hangover; (b) a hangover; gen. an unpleasant aftermath of pleasure; (c) morning-after pill, a contraceptive pill effective when taken some hours after sexual intercourse. morning, noon, and night incessantly, all day. of a morning colloq. habitually in the morning. pride of the morning: see PRIDE noun1. this morning (during) the morning of today. TOMORROW morning. YESTERDAY morning.
Attrib. & comb.: In the senses 'of or pertaining to morning', 'existing, taking place, etc., during the morning', '(intended to be) worn or used during the morning', 'operating, acting, or on duty during the morning', as morning call, morning flight, morning gown, morning light, morning meal, morning shower, morning train, etc. Special combs., as morning coat a coat having tails, and with the front edge sloping back from the waist down; morning coffee: taken at mid-morning or (occas.) at breakfast; morning dress a man's morning coat and striped trousers; morning-gift Hist. a gift from a husband to his wife on the morning following the consummation of their Marriage; morning glory (a) any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Ipomoea or related genera of the bindweed family, esp. I. purpurea and I. violacea, with large trumpet-shaped flowers which fade in the afternoon; (b) US slang a thing which fails to live up to its promise; morning-gun: see GUN noun; morning line a list of probable Betting odds established by the bookmaker prior to a sporting event; morning paper a newspaper published for sale during the (early) morning; morning prayer (a) a prayer said in the morning; (b) the Anglican service of matins; the Roman Catholic service of lauds; morning room a room used as a sitting-room during the morning or early part of the day; morning sickness nausea occurring in the morning, esp. early in Pregnancy; morning tea: taken before rising or at mid-morning; morningtide (now poet.) the morning, the early part of the day; morning watch (a) the last of the three or four watches into which the night was divided by the Jews and Romans; (b) Nautical (the person or people keeping) the watch between 4 and 8 a.m.
morningless adjective (poet. rare) M19.
morningly adverb (rare) in the morning; every morning: M16.

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