dusk
11dusk — [dusk] adj. [ME, by metathesis < OE dox, dark colored: for IE base see DUN1] Old Poet. dark in color; dusky; shadowy n. 1. the time of evening when it is beginning to get dark; dim part of twilight 2. gloom; dusky quality vt., vi. to make or… …
12dusk|en — «DUHS kuhn», transitive verb, intransitive verb. to make or become dusk …
13dusk — index obscure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14dusk — c.1200, dosk obscure, to become dark, perhaps from O.E. dox dark haired, dark from the absence of light (cognate with Swed. duska be misty, L. fuscus dark, Skt. dhusarah dust colored; also Cf. O.E. dosan chestnut brown, O.H.G. tusin pale yellow ) …
15dusk — [n] early evening dark, dimday, dimmet, eventide, gloaming, gloom, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight; concept 810 Ant. dawn …
16dusk — ► NOUN ▪ the darker stage of twilight. ORIGIN Old English, «dark, swarthy» …
17dusk|i|ly — «DUHS kuh lee», adverb. in a dusky manner; with partial darkness …
18Dusk — Nightfall redirects here. For other uses, see Nightfall (disambiguation). For other uses, see Dusk (disambiguation). Not to be confused with sunset. Dusk is the end of evening twilight Dusk is the beginning of darkness in the evening, and occurs… …
19dusk — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gathering DUSK + VERB ▪ approach, fall, settle, settle in (AmE) ▪ Dusk was falling as we drove home …
20dusk — [[t]dʌ̱sk[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Dusk is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. We arrived home at dusk. 2) N UNCOUNT: also the N The dusk is the dull, shadowy light there is at dusk.… …
