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# cockcrow

noun (cockcrow, cockcrows)

«cockcrow» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockcrow/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a way of saying the time when the night ends and morning begins; «till cockcrow» means until morning

### Examples

- She woke them early, at cockcrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockcrow/#x1)
- The farmer rose at cockcrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockcrow/#x2)
- She picked up pears till cockcrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockcrow/#x3)

### Note

«till cockcrow» marks a time of day, not a count; it is not a number, so it changes nothing in a sum

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cockcrow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockcrow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cockcrow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cockcrow.html) on Mova free.