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dusk

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dusk  (dsk)
n.
The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.
adj.
Tending to darkness; dusky.
intr. & tr.v. dusked, dusk·ing, dusks
To become or make dark or dusky.

[From Middle English, dark, alteration of Old English dox.]

dusk
Noun
the time just before nightfall when it is almost dark [Old English dox]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.duskdusk - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"
Verb1.dusk - become dusk
darken - become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"

dusk
noun 1. twilight, evening, evo Austral. (slang) nightfall, sunset, dark, sundown, eventide, gloaming Scot. (poetic) << OPPOSITE dawn
Translations
Spanish dusk [dʌsk] ncrepúsculo, anochecer m
French dusk [dʌsk] ncrépuscule m
German dusk [dʌsk] n(Abend)dämmerung f
Italian dusk [dʌsk] ncrepuscolo

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So I proposed to help her a little, after I had read to her, for I had plenty of time that evening, and need not return till dusk.
At any rate, as the dusk came on a slow, intermittent movement upon the sand pits began, a move- ment that seemed to gather force as the stillness of the eve- ning about the cylinder remained unbroken.
The whole expanse Suddenly in the half-light of the dusk Glimmered and waned.
 
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