English Online Dictionary. What means sunrise? What does sunrise mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/
- Rhymes: -ʌnɹaɪz
Noun
sunrise (countable and uncountable, plural sunrises)
- The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- Synonyms: sunup, (slang) sparrow-fart; see also Thesaurus:dawn
- Antonyms: sunset, sundown; see also Thesaurus:dusk
- Coordinate term: moonrise
- The change in color of the sky at dawn.
- Antonym: sunset
- (figuratively) Any great awakening.
- Antonym: sunset
- Coordinate term: twilight
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Verb
sunrise (third-person singular simple present sunrises, present participle sunrising, simple past and past participle sunrised)
- (business, uncommon, transitive) To phase in.
- Antonym: sunset
See also
- moonrise
- moonset
Further reading
- sunrise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Sunseri, insures, nursies, ursines