Night

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
  • noun. This period considered as a unit of time.
  • noun. This period considered from its conditions.
  • noun. The period between dusk and midnight of a given day.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The period between evening and bedtime.
  • noun. This period considered from its activities.
  • noun. This period set aside for a specific purpose.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The period between bedtime and morning.
  • noun. One's sleep during this period.
  • noun. Nightfall.
  • noun. Darkness.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair.
  • noun. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the night.
  • adjective. Intended for use at night.
  • adjective. Working during the night.
  • adjective. Active chiefly at night.
  • adjective. Occurring after dark.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To grow dark; approach toward night.
  • noun. The dark half of the day; that part of the complete day during which the sun is below the horizon; the time from sunset to sunrise. See day.
  • noun. Evening; nightfall; the end of the day: as, he came home at night.
  • noun. Figuratively, a state or time of darkness, depression, misfortune, or the like.
  • noun. The darkness of death or the grave.
  • noun. A time of sadness or sorrow; a dreary period.
  • noun. Old age.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
  • noun. Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
  • noun. A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.
  • noun. The period after the close of life; death.
  • noun. A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.
  • noun. nightly; many nights.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
  • noun. See Hemeralopia.
  • noun. a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night.
  • noun. the nightjar.
  • noun. a bird that cries in the night.
  • noun. a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by poachers.
  • noun. Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
  • noun. any creature that flies in the night, as some birds and insects.
  • noun. a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
  • noun. iodine green.
  • noun. a witch supposed to wander in the night.
  • noun. an American bird (Chordeiles Virginianus), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel.
  • Word Usage
    "Hijra are night stalkers, night denizens, sleep is a misnomer for hijras, hijras sleep in the day time ..night is for full body massage under the hands of young raw masseur boys..the boys do it clinically but are highly paid for added nocturnal escapades."
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    Bright  Dwight  Knight  White  Wight  
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    Life  Time  boy  darkness  day  
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