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| dusk [ dusk ] |
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1. period after day but before night: the period of the day after the sun has gone below the horizon but before the sky has become dark
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2. absence of daylight: partial or almost complete darkness
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adjective |
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dim: having little or insufficient light
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle dusked, present participle dusk·ing, 3rd person present singular dusks) |
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darken: to become dark, or make something dark
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| [ Old English dox "dark in color" < Indo-European] |
