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dusk

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As a noun, dusk means a period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight. As a verb, it means begin to lose light or whiteness.

Meanings of dusk

7 meanings

noun

  1. A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.

  2. A darkish colour.

  3. The condition of being dusky; duskiness

  4. The time of day immediately following sunsettime

    “he loved the twilight”

    “they finished before the fall of night”

    Similar: twilight, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall

verb

  1. To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.

  2. To make dusk.

adjective

  1. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: the time of day immediately following sunset

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