Definitions For Dusked
verb
- The time when day changes into night and the sky begins to get darker
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Examples of Dusked in a Sentence
- Under a dusk sky, the campers wearily bedded down for the night
- The grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness
- The park closes at dusk.
- We stopped playing at dusk, since it was getting too dark to see the ball
Antonyms for Dusked
- VerbBFduskSGdusksPRdusking
- simple past tense and past participle of dusk.
- simple past tense and past participle of dusk.
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- The dusk of evening came on, soft in its solemnity, and unoppressive even in its gloom, under the sweet sky and unmolested zephyr, casting its pleasant shadows along the edges of the grove.
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- en dusken
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- en tusked
- en busked
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Meaning of dusked for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word «dusked» is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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- [duhsk]
- /dʌsk/
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- [duhsk]
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Definitions of dusked word
- adjective dusked tending to darkness; dark. 1
- noun dusked Simple past tense and past participle of dusk. 1
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Origin of dusked
First appearance:
before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alteration of Old English dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; cognate with L. fuscus dark
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dusked popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between «mom» and «screwdriver».
Synonyms for dusked
adjective dusked
- dunned — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- dimmed — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
Antonyms for dusked
noun dusked
- dawned — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- lit — a simple past tense and past participle of light3 .
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dusked
verb
1. Simple past tense and past participle of dusk.
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dusk
(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.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
dusk
(dʌsk)
n
1. twilight or the darker part of twilight
2. poetic gloom; shade
vb
poetic 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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
dusk
Past participle: dusked
Gerund: dusking
| Imperative |
|---|
| dusk |
| dusk |
| Present |
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| I dusk |
| you dusk |
| he/she/it dusks |
| we dusk |
| you dusk |
| they dusk |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I dusked |
| you dusked |
| he/she/it dusked |
| we dusked |
| you dusked |
| they dusked |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am dusking |
| you are dusking |
| he/she/it is dusking |
| we are dusking |
| you are dusking |
| they are dusking |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have dusked |
| you have dusked |
| he/she/it has dusked |
| we have dusked |
| you have dusked |
| they have dusked |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was dusking |
| you were dusking |
| he/she/it was dusking |
| we were dusking |
| you were dusking |
| they were dusking |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had dusked |
| you had dusked |
| he/she/it had dusked |
| we had dusked |
| you had dusked |
| they had dusked |
| Future |
|---|
| I will dusk |
| you will dusk |
| he/she/it will dusk |
| we will dusk |
| you will dusk |
| they will dusk |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  dusk — 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» |
| Verb | 1. | dusk — become dusk
darken — become dark or darker; «The sky darkened» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
dusk
noun
1. 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, cockcrow
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
dusk
noun
The period between afternoon and nighttime:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
soumrak
skumringtusmørke
iltahämärä
sumrak
alkonyesthajnalszürkület
ljósaskipti; húm, rökkur
夕暮れ
해질녘
prieblandaprietemasutematamsumas
krēsla
mrak
sumrak
skymning
เวลาเย็นก่อนค่ำ
hoàng hôn
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dusk
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dusk
(dask) noun
(the time of) partial darkness after the sun sets; twilight.
ˈdusky adjective
dark-coloured.
ˈduskiness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dusk
→ غَسَق soumrak tusmørke Abenddämmerung σούρουπο anochecer iltahämärä crépuscule sumrak crepuscolo 夕暮れ 해질녘 schemering skumring zmierzch anoitecer сумерки skymning เวลาเย็นก่อนค่ำ alacakaranlık hoàng hôn 黄昏
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