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Days

noun

1.

The time during which someone's life continues. Synonym: years. "In his final years"

Day

noun

1.

Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis. Synonyms: 24-hour interval, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours. "They put on two performances every day" , "There are 30,000 passengers per day"

2.

Some point or period in time. "After that day she never trusted him again" , "Those were the days" , "These days it is not unusual"

3.

A day assigned to a particular purpose or observance.

4.

The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside. Synonyms: daylight, daytime. "It is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"

5.

The recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working). "It was a busy day on the stock exchange" , "She called it a day and went to bed"

6.

An era of existence or influence. "In the days of the Roman Empire" , "In the days of sailing ships" , "He was a successful pianist in his day"

7.

The period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis.

8.

The time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day. Synonym: sidereal day.

9.

A period of opportunity. "Every dog has his day"

10.

United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935). Synonyms: Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr..

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"Days" Quotes from Famous Books

... take David's place. Whaley had no longer any pretence for detaining him. They were at the time between two long, low spurs of hills, enclosing a rich narrow valley, deep with ripened grass, gilded into flickering gold by the sun and the dewless summer days. All the lower ridges were savagely bald and hot—a glen, paved with gold and walled with iron. Oh, how the sun did beat and shiver, and shake down into the ...

— Winter Evening Tales • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

... that Jimmy had overlooked. As the days went by, one by one his friends stayed away from the garden-patch. And at last there was nobody left who wanted to push the wheelbarrow except Fatty Coon. And Fatty Coon was really no friend of his at all. In fact, Jimmy did not like ...

— The Tale of Jimmy Rabbit - Sleepy-TimeTales • Arthur Scott Bailey

... annual message transmitted to the General Assembly a few days ago, a brief exposition of the condition of the State government was given, and such measures were recommended as the public good seemed to me to require. It will therefore not be expected that on this ...

— The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes • James Quay Howard

... seven days, and Julian, intoxicated with his success, resolved to introduce the whole of the ancient ceremonies in all their terrible splendour. His philosophers warned him, but he did not listen to them any ...

— Historical Miniatures • August Strindberg

... sausage grinder. It hadn't been used much of late, and he was afraid it might get lazy. "A plump chub of a Ptarmigan would grind nicely," he said to himself, smacking his lips, "but they all wear brown dresses these days, and one cannot tell them from the weeds ...

— Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends • Roy J. Snell

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