Dusk is the period of time between sunset and nightfall. Many parents allow their children to roam freely in their neighborhood as long as they are home by dusk.
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
Noun
the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
a.
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black;
dusky.
n.
Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and
darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.
n.
A darkish color.
v. t.
To make dusk.
v. i.
To grow dusk.
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A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades.
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Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin.
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After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. Holland.Dusk
Dusk , v. i.To grow dusk. [R.] Chaucer.Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight;
as, the .dusk of the eveningTo make dusk.
To grow dusk.
Usage Examples
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.
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Other Usage ExamplesA good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular.
I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.