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Dusk

Dusk Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dusk? [n] a state of diffused or dim illumination [n] the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dusk: evenfall \| fall \| gloaming \| nightfall \| twilight \| twilight Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dusk: bad light \| blackish \| broad day \| brown of dusk \| brownness \| caliginous \| candlelight \| candlelighting \| cocklight \| crepuscular \| crepuscule \| dark \| dark-colored \| darken \| darkish \| darkishness \| darkle \| darksome \| darksomeness \| dawn \| day \| day glow \| daylight \| dayshine \| daytide \| daytime \| deadness \| dim \| dim light \| dimmish \| dimness \| dimpsy \| drabness \| dullness \| duskiness \| duskingtide \| duskness \| dusky \| evening \| evensong \| eventide \| flatness \| full sun \| funereal \| gloam \| gloaming \| gloom \| glooming \| gloomy \| grave \| green flash \| grow dark \| grow dim \| half-light \| lack of sparkle \| lackluster \| lifelessness \| light of day \| lower \| lusterlessness \| mat \| mat finish \| midday sun \| murk \| murkiness \| murksome \| murky \| nightfall \| nigrescent \| noonlight \| noontide light \| obscure \| owllight \| partial darkness \| ray of sunshine \| sad \| semidark \| shine \| sober \| somber \| somberness \| sombrous \| subfusc \| sun spark \| sunbeam \| sunbreak \| sunburst \| sundown \| sunlight \| sunset \| sunsetty \| sunshine \| swart \| swarthy \| tenebrous \| twilight \| twilighty \| unilluminated \| vesper \| vespertine See Also \| eve \| evening \| eventide \| hour \| night \| semidarkness \| time of day Dusk In Webster's Dictionary \Dusk\, a. [OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to drizzle, dusk a slight shower. ???.] Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. --Milton. \Dusk\, n. 1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening. 2. A darkish color. Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin. --Dryden. \Dusk\, v. t. To make dusk. [Archaic] After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. --Holland. \Dusk\, v. i. To grow dusk. [R.] --Chaucer.

Dusk Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dusk?

[n] a state of diffused or dim illumination
[n] the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

Dusk In Webster's Dictionary

\Dusk\, a. [OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to
drizzle, dusk a slight shower. ???.]
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black;
dusky.

      A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. --Milton.


\Dusk\, n.
1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and
   darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

2. A darkish color.

         Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin.
                                               --Dryden.


\Dusk\, v. t.
To make dusk. [Archaic]

      After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the
      light of the moon must needs be under the earth.
--Holland.


\Dusk\, v. i.
To grow dusk. [R.] --Chaucer.

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