HyperDic: dusk

English > 2 senses of the word dusk:
NOUNtimedusk, twilight, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepusclethe time of day immediately following sunset
VERBchangeduskbecome dusk
dusk > pronunciation
Soundsdah'sk
Rhymesbrusque ... tusk: 12 rhymes with ahsk...
English > dusk: 2 senses > noun 1, time
MeaningThe time of day immediately following sunset.
Synonymstwilight, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
Part ofevening, eve, even, eventideThe latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
NarrowernightA shortening of nightfall
Broaderhour, time of dayclock time
Spanishanochecer, anochecida, anochecido, atardecer, atardecida, crepuscle, crepúsculo, evenfall, gloam, ocaso
Catalancapvespre, crepuscle, crepuscle vespertí, evenfall, gloam, vespre
Adjectivesduskylighted by or as if by twilight
English > dusk: 2 senses > verb 1, change
MeaningBecome dusk.
PatternSomething ----s
BroaderdarkenBecome dark or darker

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