Definition of night in English

WordNet

Noun Plural: nights
night - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
		nighttime, dark
		daytime, daylight, day light during the daytime
		period of time, time period, period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
		24-hour interval, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours, day United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
		weeknight any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday
		evening the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
		late-night hour the latter part of night
		midnight 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
		small hours the hours just after midnight
		lights-out a prescribed bedtime
night - darkness; "it vanished into the night"
night - the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"
night - the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"
night - the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"
night - a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
night - Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
		Nox, Night

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Wiktionary

night (Noun)
The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
night (Noun)
An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
night (Noun)
A night and part of the days before and after it spent in a hotel or other accommodation.
night (Noun)
Nightfall.
night (Noun)
Darkness.
night (Noun)
A dark blue colour, midnight blue .
night (Verb)
To spend a night in a place, to overnight.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

night (n.)
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
night (n.)
Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
night (n.)
Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
night (n.)
A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.
night (n.)
The period after the close of life; death.
night (n.)
A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

night
The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
night
Of, relating to, occurring, or used at night.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

night
nīt, n. the end of the day: the time from sunset to sunrise: darkness: ignorance, affliction, or sorrow: death.—ns. Night′-bell, a bell for use at night—of a physician, &c.; Night′-bird, a bird that flies only at night, esp. the owl: the nightingale, as singing at night; Night′-blind′ness, inability to see in a dim light, nyctalopia; Night′-brawl′er, one who raises disturbances in the night; Night′cap, a cap worn at night in bed (so Night′dress, -shirt, &c.): a dram taken before going to bed: a cap drawn over the face before hanging; Night′-cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies before daylight; Night′-chair, a night-stool; Night′-churr, or -jar, the British species of goat-sucker, so called from the sound of its cry.—n.pl. Night′-clothes, garments worn in bed.—ns. Night′-crow, a bird that cries in the night; Night′-dog (Shak.), a dog that hunts in the night.—adj. Night′ed, benighted: (Shak.) darkened, clouded.—ns. Night′fall, the fall or beginning of the night: the close of the day: evening; Night′faring, travelling by night; Night′fire, a fire burning in the night: a will-o'-the-wisp; Night′-fish′ery, a mode of fishing by night, or a place where this is done; Night′-fly, a moth that flies at night; Night′-foe, one who makes his attack by night; Night′-foss′icker, one who robs a digging by night.—adj. Night′-foun′dered, lost in the night.—ns. Night′-fowl, a night-bird; Night′-glass, a spy-glass with concentrating lenses for use at night; Night′-gown, a long loose robe for sleeping in, for men or women; a loose gown for wearing in the house; Night′-hag, a witch supposed to be abroad at night; Night′-hawk, a species of migratory goat-sucker, common in America; Night′-her′on, a heron of nocturnal habit; Night′-house, a tavern allowed to be open during the night; Night′-hunt′er, a degraded woman who prowls about the streets at night for her prey; Night′-lamp, or -light, a light left burning all night.—adj. Night′less, having no night.—n. Night′-line, a fishing-line set overnight.—adj. and adv. Night′long, lasting all night.—adj. Night′ly, done by night: done every night.—adv. by night: every night.—ns. Night′-man, a night-watchman or scavenger; Night′-owl, an owl of exclusively nocturnal habits: one who sits up very late; Night′-pal′sy, a numbness of the lower limbs, incidental to women; Night′piece, a picture or literary description of a night-scene: a painting to be seen best by artificial light; Night′-por′ter, a porter in attendance during the night at hotels, railway stations, &c.; Night′-rail, a night-gown: a 17th-century form of head-dress; Night′-rav′en (Shak.), a bird that cries at night, supposed to be of ill-omen; Night′-rest, the repose of the night; Night′-rule (Shak.), a frolic at night.—adv. Nights (obs.), by night.—ns. Night′-school, a school held at night, esp. for those at work during the day; Night′-sea′son, the time of night; Night′shade, a name of several plants of the genus Solanum, having narcotic properties, often found in damp shady woods; Night′-shriek, a cry in the night; Night′-side, the dark, mysterious, or gloomy side of anything; Night′-sing′er, any bird like the nightingale, esp. the Irish sedge-warbler; Night′-soil, the contents of privies, cesspools, &c., generally carried away at night; Night′-spell, a charm against accidents by night; Night′-steed, one of the horses in the chariot of Night; Night′-stool, a close-stool for use in a bedroom; Night′-tā′per, a night-light burning slowly.—n.pl. Night′-terr′ors, the sudden starting from sleep of children in a state of fright.—p.adj. Night′-trip′ping (Shak.), tripping about in the night.—ns. Night′-wak′ing, watching in the night; Night′-walk, a walk in the night; Night′-walk′er, one who walks in his sleep at night, a somnambulist: one who walks about at night for bad purposes, esp. a prostitute; Night′-walk′ing, walking in one's sleep, somnambulism: roving about at night with evil designs; Night′-wan′derer, one who wanders by night.—adjs. Night′-war′bling, singing in the night; Night′ward, toward night.—ns. Night′-watch, a watch or guard at night: time of watch in the night; Night′-watch′man, one who acts as a watch during the night; Night′-work, work done at night. [A.S. niht; Ger. nacht, L. nox.]