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# cockcrow

«cockcrow» in Mova's school dictionary: **the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cockcrow, cockcrows)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cockcrow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockcrow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.