dawn > define
noun
- The first light of day.
- usage: "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
- synonyms: dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
- The earliest period.
- usage: "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
- synonyms: morning
- An opening time period.
- usage: "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
verb
- Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.
- usage: "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
- synonyms: click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
- Appear or develop.
- usage: "The age of computers had dawned"
- Become light.
- usage: "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.i.) To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
- (v.i.) To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
- (n.) The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
- (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Dawn is a feminine given name