Dawnverb
(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
âA new day dawns.â;
Dusknoun
A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.
Dawnverb
(intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
âI donât want to be there when the truth dawns on him.â;
Dusknoun
A darkish colour.
Dawnverb
(intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
Duskverb
(intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.
Dawnnoun
(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
Duskverb
(transitive) To make dusk.
Dawnnoun
(countable) The rising of the sun.
Duskadjective
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
Dawnnoun
(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
âShe rose before dawn to meet the train.â;
Duskadjective
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
âA pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades.â;
Dawnnoun
(uncountable) The beginning.
âthe dawn of civilizationâ;
Dusknoun
Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.
Dawnverb
To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
âIn the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher.â;
Dusknoun
A darkish color.
âWhose duck set off the whiteness of the skin.â;
Dawnverb
To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
âWhen life awakes, and dawns at every line.â; âDawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.â;
Duskverb
To make dusk.
âAfter the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth.â;
Dawnnoun
The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
âAnd oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve.â; âNo sun, no moon, no morn, no noon,No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day.â;
Duskverb
To grow dusk.
Dawnnoun
First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
âThese tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul.â;
Dusknoun
the time of day immediately following sunset;
âhe loved the twilightâ; âthey finished before the fall of nightâ;
Dawnnoun
the first light of day;
âwe got up before dawnâ; âthey talked until morningâ;
Dusk
Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before night. At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enough light in the sky under clear conditions may occur to read outdoors without artificial illumination; however, at the end of civil twilight (when Earth rotates to a point at which the center of the Sun's disk is 6° below the local horizon), such lighting is required to read outside.
Dawnnoun
the earliest period;
âthe dawn of civilizationâ; âthe morning of the worldâ;
Dawnnoun
an opening time period;
âit was the dawn of the Roman Empireâ;
Dawnverb
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;
âIt dawned on him that she had betrayed himâ; âshe was penetrated with sorrowâ;
Dawnverb
appear or develop;
âThe age of computers had dawnedâ;
Dawnverb
become light;
âIt started to dawn, and we had to get upâ;
Dawn
Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizon.