DUSK
Dictionary entry overview: What does dusk mean?
• DUSK (noun)
The noun DUSK has 1 sense:
1. the time of day immediately following sunset
Familiarity information: DUSK used as a noun is very rare.
• DUSK (verb)
The verb DUSK has 1 sense:
1. become dusk
Familiarity information: DUSK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DUSK (noun)
Meaning:
The time of day immediately following sunset
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
crepuscle; twilight; nightfall; gloaming; gloam; evenfall; dusk; crepuscule; fall
Context examples:
he loved the twilight / they finished before the fall of night
Hypernyms ("dusk" is a kind of...):
hour; time of day (clock time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dusk"):
night (a shortening of nightfall)
Holonyms ("dusk" is a part of...):
eve; even; evening; eventide (the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall))
• DUSK (verb)
Meaning:
Become dusk
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dusk" is one way to...):
darken (become dark or darker)
Sentence frame:
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