Night

Definitions of "night"

• 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
• noun
• The period between evening and bedtime. noun
• This period considered from its activities. noun
• This period set aside for a specific purpose. noun
• noun
• The period between bedtime and morning. noun
• One's sleep during this period. noun
• Nightfall. noun
• Darkness. noun
• noun
• A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair. noun
• A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values. noun
• Of or relating to the night. adjective
• Intended for use at night. adjective

The word "night" in example sentences

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.. [Archive 2009-07-01]

On one plantation, where I spent a few weeks, the slaves were called up to work long before daylight, when business pressed, and worked until late at night; and sometimes some of them _all night_.. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4]

During crop time, the book-keepers had to be up every night till twelve o'clock, and every other night _all night_, superintending the work in the boiling-house, and at the mill.. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus]

On one plantation, where I spent a few weeks, the slaves were called up to work long before daylight, when business pressed, and worked until late at night; and sometimes some of them _all night_.. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus]

On such a night the suggestion comes uncommonly near to me that I wish to be _a sharer in the delight, a portion of tempest, of night_; [8] mounted on a runaway horse, to dash down the cliffs into the falls of the Rhine, or something similar.. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle]

She remained a few hours to supply herself with refreshments, and as night fell took her station; but not at the distance of a marine league _during the night_.. [The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter]

Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, contains but one figurative expression, _the mask of night_; and every one reading this speech with the context, must have felt the peculiar propriety of its simplicity, though perhaps without examining the cause of an omission which certainly is not fortuitous.. [Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical]

I took with me every night into my bed-room a brace of loaded pistols, that never missed fire, and my double-barrelled gun, charged and fresh primed; and any number of men less than four would not have gained admittance alive into my house in the _night time_.. [Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3]

(§501. 14) «noctū», abl. used as adv. [[cf. «nox», _night_]], _at night, by night_. [Latin for Beginners]

i am making sure the night goes smoothly ... without tornados in ardmore ... yes. night*. [vampishone Diary Entry]

Temporal: ofer þā niht (_through the night, by night_), 737. b) w. verbs of saying, speaking, _about, of, concerning_: hē ofer benne spræc,. [Beowulf]

Temporal: ofer þâ niht (_through the night, by night_), 737. b) w. verbs of saying, speaking, _about, of, concerning_: he ofer benne spräc,. [Beowulf]

V. i.47 (384,6) While the day serves, before black-corner'd night] [W: black-cornette] _Black-corner'd night_ is probably corrupt, but. [Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies]

October 26th, 2007 at 3: 45 pm hi my dad was in night is day and id jst like to say he said he really enjoyed it and i think that it is really good. [Forgotten Worlds: Issue 9 | SciFi UK Review]

I forgot to mention that, if you drive from Comitan to Palenque over the route through Benermerito de Las Americas along the Guatemala border, the perfect place to spend the night is the Las Guacamayas Ecolodge about half way through your journey and staying there gives you time to head for Yaxchilan the next day and, perhaps Bonampac if you time your journey well.. [Benermerito de Las Americas]

I forgot to mention that, if you drive from Comitan to Palenque over the route through Benermerito de Las Americas along the Guatemala border, the perfect place to spend the night is the Las Guacamayas Ecolodge about half way through your journey and staying there gives you time to head for Yaxchilan the next day and, perhaps Bonampac if you time your journey well.. [Benermerito de Las Americas]