dark

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dark
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Meanings
adjective
  • with little or no light.
    E.g. it's too dark to see much
  • (of a colour or object) not reflecting much light; approaching black in shade.
    E.g. dark green
  • (of a period or situation) characterized by great unhappiness or unpleasantness.
    E.g. the dark days of the war
  • hidden from knowledge; mysterious.
    E.g. a dark secret
  • denoting a velarized form of the sound of the letter l as it sounds at the end of a word or before another consonant (as in full or bulk in most accents of English).
noun
  • the absence of light in a place.
    E.g. Carolyn was sitting in the dark
  • a dark colour or shade, especially in a painting.
    E.g. lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief

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