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1. (n.) dusk
the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
2. dusk
partial darkness; shade; gloom.
3. (adj.) dusk
tending to darkness; dark.
4. (v.i.) dusk
to make or become dusk; darken.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME duske; metathetic alter. of OE dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; c. L. fuscus dark)
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| Definition of 'dusk' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
the time of day immediately following sunset
"he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
2. (verb) dusk
become dusk
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1. (noun) dusk
the time when it begins to become dark each day
lights coming on at dusk
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) dusk
tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky
2. (noun) dusk
imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening
3. (noun) dusk
a darkish color
4. (verb) dusk
to make dusk
5. (verb) dusk
to grow dusk
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Sense: (the time of) partial darkness after the sun sets; twilight.
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 Afrikaans: skemer |
 Arabic: غَسَق |
 Bulgarian: здрач |
 Brazilian: lusco-fusco |
 Czech: soumrak |
 German: die Abenddämmerung |
 Danish: skumring |
 Greek: σούρουπο |
 Spanish: crepúsculo |
 Estonian: videvik |
 Farsi: غروب |
 Finnish: iltahämärä |
 French: crépuscule |
 Hebrew: דִמדוּמִים |
 Hindi: संध्या काल, गोधूली |
 Croatian: sumrak |
 Hungarian: szürkület |
 Indonesian: senjakala |
 Icelandic: ljósaskipti; húm, rökkur |
 Italian: crepuscolo |
 Japanese: たそがれ |
 Korean: 해질녘 |
 Lithuanian: sutema, prietema |
 Latvian: krēsla |
 Malay: senja |
 Dutch: schemering |
 Norwegian: skumring(stid), tussmørke |
 Polish: zmierzch |
 Persian: غروب |
 Pashto: تياره ماښام |
 Portuguese: lusco-fusco |
 Romanian: amurg |
 Russian: сумерки |
 Slovak: súmrak |
 Slovenian: mrak |
 Serbian: sumrak |
 Swedish: skymning |
 Thai: เวลาเย็นก่อนค่ำ; เวลาโพล้ |
 Turkish: alaca karanlık, akşam kar |
 Taiwanese: 黃昏 |
 Ukrainian: присмерк, сутінки |
 Urdu: شام کا دھندلکا |
 Vietnamese: lúc chạng vạng |
 Chinese: 黄昏 |
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