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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mourning

· Mourn·ing · IPA /ˈmoɹnɪŋ/
01 n. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
  1. 1.
    The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
  2. 2.
    Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.
    “The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
Deep mourning — See under Deep.
02 a. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  1. 1.
    Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  2. 2.
    Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like.
Phrases & compounds
Mourning bride — a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.
Mourning dove — a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove.
Mourning warbler — an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.