dark
/dɑɹk/ adjective A1- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. · The room was too dark for reading.
- Extinguished. · Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light. · My sister’s hair is darker than mine.· Her skin grew dark with a suntan.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy. · The dark side of the moon.· dark money
- Having racing capability not widely known.
Comparative darker · Superlative darkest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room.
It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.
Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole.
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