dusk

[dusk]

Dusk is the period of time between sunset and nightfall. Many parents allow their children to roam freely in their neighborhood as long as they are home by dusk.

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

Noun
the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

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

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

n.
A darkish color.

v. t.
To make dusk.

v. i.
To grow dusk.

Dusk

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.

Dusk

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.

Dusk

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
Dusk, v. i. To grow dusk. [R.] Chaucer.
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.
To make dusk.
To grow dusk.

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Usage Examples

Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular.

I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.