Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word DUSK

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Definitions of DUSK

1. A darkish colour.
2. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
3. The condition of being dusky; duskiness
4. (intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.
5. (transitive) To make dusk.
6. The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.

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Examples of Using DUSK in a Sentence

• She soon established herself in Hollywood with appearances in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), and Dogma (1999).
• Like most strigiformes, the species is generally nocturnal, though may be crepuscular at times (or active at dawn and dusk), retiring to roost in secluded spots within the branches of trees.
• As dusk approached, they decided that 'two is enough', or 'ta-li-ye-li-quu' which later became anglicanized to Tahlequah.
• These often form large flocks in the winter that gathering to feed or at dusk flying off together to form large roosts.
• Vučedol culture finds in Vinkovci, generally dated to 3000–2500 BC, include a piece of ceramics dated to 2600 BC with an astral calendar, the first one found in Europe that shows the year starting at the dusk of the first day of spring.
• As the Roman Senate had a rule requiring all business to conclude by dusk, Cato's purposely long-winded speeches were an effective device to forestall a vote.
• Moller suggested the dawn (and dusk) chorus of bird song may be augmented by social facilitation due to the singing of conspecifics as well as heterospecifics.
• At dusk, hand-decorated lanterns are gently released onto the lagoon as the park and sculptures are transformed by elegant lighting.
• At this time, there are 3–4 hours of dawn and dusk around noon, sometimes with colourful skies towards the south.
• Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before nightfall.
• During daylight, the two parks merge seamlessly into each other, but Kensington Gardens closes at dusk, and Hyde Park remains open throughout the year from 5 a.
• It ought to be hoisted not before first light and lowered not later than dusk, unless the flag is illuminated at night.
• Hatem Memorial Bridge, but they are limited to crossing between dawn and dusk on weekends, holidays, and special events that have been arranged in advance, and they must be at least 18 years old or have a valid driver's license.
• Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore said the agreement was always for Purple to go on stage at dusk, and that the promoters were violating that signed agreement.
• Many picnickers arrive before dawn and set down blue tarps and then remain until dusk, grilling out and drinking sake.
• He went on to star in a multitude of other films, many of which were small parts as inmates, gangsters, or other criminals, appearing in Desperado, Heat (both 1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Con Air (1997), The Replacement Killers (1998), Reindeer Games (2000), and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), among others.
• The song is a monotonous mechanical insect-like reeling as in other species in the group, often given at dusk.
• At dusk during the breeding season, the males display at a lek (arena), standing erect with chest puffed and tail fanned out.
• It flies at dusk, most often at sundown, with an easy, silent moth-like flight; its strong and deliberate wingbeats alternate with sweeps and glides with motionless wings.
• Upon Adam Smith (ex-Oracle) joining on guitar they changed their name and have released eight studio albums; Sirens of the Styx (18 December 2003), Permian Dusk (25 November 2005), Vespertilion (17 April 2007), Ageless Decay (22 June 2009), Genetic Memory (26 August 2011), My Misanthropia (14 March 2015), Sirens of the Styx: Re-Styxed (25 October 2017) and Carcinogeist (28 February 2020).
• Special classes of crepuscular behaviour include matutinal, or "matinal", animals active only in the dawn, and vespertine, only in the dusk.
• Large areas of glass on its façade meant that light coursed freely throughout the interior, and at night, the glass let the light from inside flood out onto the river, in contrast to the darkness which befell the rest of London after dusk.
• During the day, she lessened the distance between herself and her quarry; and, near dusk, she closed a 400-ton trawler.
• From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman.
• Acrimonious legal proceedings took up most of 1995, and the original version of Dusk was shelved and later re-worked and re-recorded as the eventual 1996 Music for Nations release.

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