morrow

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noun

The next or following day.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:morrow.”

CommonScrabble 11

Meanings

morrow1

nounmorrow (plural morrows)

plural morrows

  1. archaicpoeticThe next or following day.

    Two men were walking in the street; one said to the other: “Upon the morrow I will sup with thee.” And the Pestilence grinned a grin that none beheld, baring his dripping teeth, and crept away to see whether upon the morrow those men should sup together.

    1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 27
    1 more example

    The balance of the day and evening was filled with preparation for a great hunt—spears were overhauled, quivers were replenished, bows were restrung; and all the while the village witch doctor passed through the busy throngs disposing of various charms and amulets designed to protect the possessor from hurt, or bring him good fortune in the morrow’s hunt.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 130

    Synonyms: tomorrow

  2. archaicMorning.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:morrow.

    Synonyms: morn

verbmorrow (third-person singular simple present morrows, present participle morrowing, simple past and past participle morrowed)

present singular third person morrows · participle present morrowing · participle past morrowed · past morrowed

  1. intransitiveTo dawn

    […] he did her bidding but hardly touched food; after which he lay at full length on his bed all the night through in cogitation deep until morning morrowed.

    1885, Sir Richard Burton, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Morrow2

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe next or following day.

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nounMorning.

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Origin

morrow · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*murganaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*morgan
  3. Old Englishmorgen
  4. Middle Englishmorwe
  5. Englishmorrow

From Middle English morwe, apocopic form of morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz; compare Dutch morgen and German Morgen. Doublet of morgen and morn.

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Morrow · proper noun

* As an Irish surname, variant of McMorrow. * As a French and Walloon surname, Americanized from Moreau, Morin.

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Translations

Bulgarian у́тро
  • у́тро (útro)morning
Catalan l'endemà
  • l'endemàthe next or following day
Czech zítřek, ráno
  • zítřekthe next or following day
  • ránomorning
Dutch morgen, morgen
  • morgenthe next or following day
  • morgenmorning
  • ochtendmorning
Estonian homne (päev), järgnev päev
  • homne (päev)the next or following day
  • järgnev päevthe next or following day
  • hommikmorning
Finnish huomen, huomen
  • huomenthe next or following day
  • huomenmorning
French lendemain, matin
  • lendemainthe next or following day
  • matinmorning
German Morgen, Morgen
  • Morgenthe next or following day
  • Morgenmorning
Norwegian morgen
  • morgenmorning
Portuguese amanhã, manhã
  • amanhãthe next or following day
  • manhãmorning
Russian следующий день, завтрашний день
  • следующий день (sledujuščij denʹ)the next or following day
  • завтрашний день (zavtrašnij denʹ)the next or following day
  • у́тро (útro)morning
Spanish mañana
  • mañanamorning
Swedish morgon
  • morgonmorning
Tagalog umaga
  • umagamorning
Turkish sabah
  • sabahmorning
Ukrainian ранок
  • ранок (ranok)morning

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

morrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morrow

MLA

“morrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morrow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morrow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morrow.

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