dusk
21dusk — dusk1 /dusk/, n. 1. the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight. 2. partial darkness; shade; gloom: She was barely visible in the dusk of the room. [1615 25; back formation from DUSKY] dusk2 duskish,… …
22Dusk — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Dusk peut faire référence à : Dusk, un mot anglais désignant une période apparentée au crépuscule, Dusk, une bande dessinée européenne. Catégorie :… …
23dusk — I [[t]dʌsk[/t]] n. 1) the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight 2) partial darkness; shade; gloom • Etymology: 1615–25; back formation from dusky II dusk [[t]dʌsk[/t]] adj. 1) tending to darkness;… …
24dusk — n. at dusk * * * [dʌsk] at dusk …
25dusk — noun (U) the time before it gets dark when the sky is becoming less bright: at dusk: The street lights go on at dusk. compare dawn 1 …
26dusk — /dʌsk / (say dusk) noun 1. partial darkness; a state between light and darkness; twilight; shade; gloom. 2. the darker stage of twilight. –adjective 3. dark; tending to darkness. –verb (i) 4. to become dusk; darken. –verb (t) 5. to make dark.… …
27dusk — 1. noun /dʌsk/ A period of time occurring at the end of the day during which the sun sets. Syn: evenfall, smokefall, vespers Ant: dawn 2 …
28dusk — Synonyms and related words: bad light, blackish, broad day, brown of dusk, brownness, caliginous, candlelight, candlelighting, cocklight, crepuscular, crepuscule, dark, dark colored, darken, darkish, darkishness, darkle, darksome, darksomeness,… …
29dusk — [OE] In Anglo Saxon times, dusk was an adjective meaning ‘dark in colour’ (a sense preserved today in the derived adjective dusky [16]). Its modern noun use ‘twilight’ is not recorded until as recently as the early 17th century. The Old English… …
30dusk — noun we launch the patrol boats at dusk Syn: twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day; semidarkness, gloom, murkiness; literary gloaming, eventide Ant: dawn …
