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sun·up

(sŭn′ŭp′)

The time of sunrise.

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sunup

(ˈsʌnˌʌp)

(Astronomy) another name (esp US) for sunrise³

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sun•up

(ˈsʌnˌʌp)

n.

sunrise.

[1705–15, Amer.]

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Noun

sunup - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, morning

time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"

sunup

noun

The first appearance of daylight in the morning:

aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, morn, morning, sunrise.

Translations

Sonnenaufgang

aamuruskoauringonnousu

ochtendgloren zonsopgang

sunup

[ˈsʌnʌp] N (US) → salida f del sol

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sunup

[ˈsʌnʌp] n (fam) → alba
to work sunup to sundown → lavorare dall'alba al tramonto

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So it was not until sunup the next day, that they were released.

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"It was an hour after sunup that I heard the boys coming, and recognized the hoof-beats of Pomp and Caesar and Jerry, old mates of mine; and a welcomer sound there couldn't ever be.

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She was out in the fields from sunup until sundown.

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But already, at Bucharest, we are three hours late, so we cannot possibly get in till well after sunup. Thus we shall have two more hypnotic messages from Mrs.

But in the mornin', braw an' airly, an hour before sunup, a man came aboard wi' an order, written to him from England, to receive a box marked for one Count Dracula.

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When Ethan could sweat over 'em both from sunup to dark he kinder choked a living out of 'em; but his folks ate up most everything, even then, and I don't see how he makes out now.

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Sisu requires men and women to be stoic, to always fight for their honor and to work from sunup to sundown.

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