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dusk
dusk D0434100 (dŭsk)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 (dʌsk) n1. twilight or the darker part of twilight2. poetic gloom; shadeadjpoetic shady; gloomyvbpoetic to make or become dark[Old English dox; related to Old Saxon dosan brown, Old High German tusin yellow, Norwegian dusmen misty, Latin fuscus dark brown]dusk1 (dʌsk)
n. 1. the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight. 2. partial darkness; shade; gloom. [1615–25; back formation from dusky] dusk2 (dʌsk)
adj. 1. tending to darkness; dark. v.t., v.i. 2. to make or become dusk; darken. [before 1000; Middle English duske; metathetic alter. of Old English dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; c. Latin. fuscus dark] dusk′ish, adj. dusk
Past participle: dusked
Gerund: dusking
| Present |
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| I dusk | | you dusk | | he/she/it dusks | | we dusk | | you dusk | | they dusk |
| Preterite |
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| I dusked | | you dusked | | he/she/it dusked | | we dusked | | you dusked | | they dusked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am dusking | | you are dusking | | he/she/it is dusking | | we are dusking | | you are dusking | | they are dusking |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have dusked | | you have dusked | | he/she/it has dusked | | we have dusked | | you have dusked | | they have dusked |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was dusking | | you were dusking | | he/she/it was dusking | | we were dusking | | you were dusking | | they were dusking |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had dusked | | you had dusked | | he/she/it had dusked | | we had dusked | | you had dusked | | they had dusked |
| Future |
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| I will dusk | | you will dusk | | he/she/it will dusk | | we will dusk | | you will dusk | | they will dusk |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have dusked | | you will have dusked | | he/she/it will have dusked | | we will have dusked | | you will have dusked | | they will have dusked |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be dusking | | you will be dusking | | he/she/it will be dusking | | we will be dusking | | you will be dusking | | they will be dusking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been dusking | | you have been dusking | | he/she/it has been dusking | | we have been dusking | | you have been dusking | | they have been dusking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been dusking | | you will have been dusking | | he/she/it will have been dusking | | we will have been dusking | | you will have been dusking | | they will have been dusking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been dusking | | you had been dusking | | he/she/it had been dusking | | we had been dusking | | you had been dusking | | they had been dusking |
| Conditional |
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| I would dusk | | you would dusk | | he/she/it would dusk | | we would dusk | | you would dusk | | they would dusk |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have dusked | | you would have dusked | | he/she/it would have dusked | | we would have dusked | | you would have dusked | | they would have dusked |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  dusk - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, falleven, 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" | | Verb | 1. | dusk - become duskdarken - become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" |
dusknoun1. twilight, evening, nightfall, sunset, dark, sundown, eventide, gloaming (Scot. or poetic) We arrived home at dusk.
twilight morning, dawn, daybreak, dawning, sunlight, daylight, aurora (poetic), sunup, cockcrow2. (Poetic) shade, darkness, gloom, obscurity, murk, shadowiness She turned and disappeared into the dusk.dusknounThe period between afternoon and nighttime:eve, evening, eventide, gloaming, nightfall, twilight.Archaic: even, vesper.Translationsdusk (dask) noun (the time of) partial darkness after the sun sets; twilight. 黃昏 黄昏ˈdusky adjective dark-coloured. 陰暗的，暗色的 昏暗的，暗淡的 ˈduskiness noun 陰暗，暗色 暗淡IdiomsSeefrom dawn to duskdusk
dusk[dəsk] (astronomy) That part of either morning or evening twilight between complete darkness and civil twilight. DUSK
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| DUSK➣Depleted Uranium Silent Killer (Australia) |
dusk
Related to dusk: dawnSynonyms for dusknoun twilightSynonyms- twilight
- evening
- nightfall
- sunset
- dark
- sundown
- eventide
- gloaming
Antonyms- morning
- dawn
- daybreak
- dawning
- sunlight
- daylight
- aurora
- sunup
- cockcrow
noun shadeSynonyms- shade
- darkness
- gloom
- obscurity
- murk
- shadowiness
Synonyms for dusknoun the period between afternoon and nighttimeSynonyms- eve
- evening
- eventide
- gloaming
- nightfall
- twilight
- even
- vesper
Synonyms for dusknoun the time of day immediately following sunsetSynonyms- crepuscle
- crepuscule
- evenfall
- gloam
- gloaming
- nightfall
- twilight
- fall
Related Words- even
- evening
- eventide
- eve
- night
- time of day
- hour
verb become duskRelated Words |