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Noun: dusk  dúsk
  1. The time of day immediately following sunset
    "he loved the dusk";
    - twilight, gloaming, gloam [archaic], nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
Verb: dusk  dúsk
  1. Become dusk
    "The sky dusked as the sun set"

Derived forms: dusking, dusks, dusked

Type of: darken, hour, time of day

Part of: eve, even, evening, eventide [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Dusk, Bouguereau