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dawdle v. linger, loiter, straggle, delay, procrastinate, dally,
lounge, laze, idle, lag, lie about, waste time, Colloq
dilly-dally, shilly-shally: We have to catch the next train, so
stop dawdling.
dawn n. 1 daybreak, sunrise, break of day, crack of dawn, first
light, dawning, cock crow, Literary aurora, day-spring, US
sun-up: We shall attack the castle at dawn. 2 dawning,
beginning, commencement, start, birth, awakening, inception,
genesis, outset, onset, origin, appearance, arrival, advent,
emergence, inauguration, rise, first occurrence: The dawn of
western civilization has been placed in Anatolia.
--v. 3 gleam, break, brighten, lighten: The day dawned on the
deserted beach. 4 begin, originate, commence, arise, appear,
emerge, start, arrive, develop, unfold: The day of the computer
had not yet dawned when I was a child. 5 dawn on or upon. occur
to, come to mind, become apparent or evident to: It slowly
dawned on me that he had been lying all along.
day n. 1 daytime, daylight, broad daylight, light of day: Sunrise
quickly turned night into day. 2 time, hour, age, period, era,
epoch, date, prime, heyday; lifetime: Her day will come. In his
day, there was no telephone.
day-dream n. 1 reverie, wool-gathering, fantasy, fancy, dream, musing,
castle in the air or in Spain, pipedream: The realities of life
have cured me of many day-dreams.
--v. 2 fantasize, imagine, fancy, envision, dream: She still
day-dreams that a knight in shining armour will come and carry
her away.
daylight n. 1 sunlight, sun, sunshine, light: Coming from the cave, we
were blinded by the daylight. 2 open, broad daylight, light of
day, full view, full knowledge, clarity: We must bring his
treachery out into the daylight.
daze v. 1 stun, stupefy, blind, dazzle, bedazzle, shock, stagger,
startle, astonish, astound, amaze, surprise, overcome,
overpower, dumbfound, benumb, paralyse, Colloq bowl over, floor,
flabbergast; Slang blow one's mind: She was dazed to learn her
husband was still alive. 2 befuddle, confuse, bemuse, bewilder,