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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), n.
     1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there
        is little or no light.
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              Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
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              Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are
              as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as
              before.                               --Locke.
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     3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting,
        engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well
        contrasted.
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              The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and
              the darks to the lights.              --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc,
     deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]
     1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not
        receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or
        partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not
        light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth;
        dark paint; a dark complexion.
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              O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon,
              Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse
              Without all hope of day!              --Milton.
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              In the dark and silent grave.         --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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     2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through;
        obscure; mysterious; hidden.
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              The dark problems of existence.       --Shairp.
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              What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be
              found more plain.                     --Hooker.
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              What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or
        intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
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              The age wherein he lived was dark, but he
              Could not want light who taught the world to see.
                                                    --Denhan.
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              The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[ae]val
              historians as the darkest part of this intellectual
              night.                                --Hallam.
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     4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked;
        atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
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              Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton.
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     5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
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              More dark and dark our woes.          --Shak.
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              A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a
              dark tinge to all his views of human nature.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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              There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of
              heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark
              hour of adversity.                    --W. Irving.
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     6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]
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              He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had
              been for some years.                  --Evelyn.
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     Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective;
           as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the
           first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed,
           dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working.
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     A dark horse, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate
        whose chances of success are not known, and whose
        capabilities have not been made the subject of general
        comment or of wagers. [Colloq.]
  
     Dark house, Dark room, a house or room in which madmen
        were confined. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The
  
     Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in
        literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly
        1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See
        Middle Ages, under Middle.
  
     The Dark and Bloody Ground, a phrase applied to the State
        of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name,
        in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there
        between Indians.
  
     The dark day, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and
        unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
  
     To keep dark, to reveal nothing. [Low]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dark \Dark\, v. t.
     To darken; to obscure. [Obs.] --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc,
     deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]
     1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not
        receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or
        partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not
        light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth;
        dark paint; a dark complexion.
  
              O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon,
              Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope
              of day!                               --Milton.
  
              In the dark and silent grave.         --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
  
     2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through;
        obscure; mysterious; hidden.
  
              The dark problems of existence.       --Shairp.
  
              What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be
              found more plain.                     --Hooker.
  
              What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or
        intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
  
              The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not
              want light who taught the world to see. --Denhan.
  
              The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[ae]val
              historians as the darkest part of this intellectual
              night.                                --Hallam.
  
     4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked;
        atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
  
              Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton.
  
     5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
  
              More dark and dark our woes.          --Shak.
  
              A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a
              dark tinge to all his views of human nature.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
              There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of
              heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark
              hour of adversity.                    --W. Irving.
  
     6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]
  
              He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had
              been for some years.                  --Evelyn.
  
     Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective;
           as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the
           first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed,
           dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working.
  
     A dark horse, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate
        whose chances of success are not known, and whose
        capabilities have not been made the subject of general
        comment or of wagers. [Colloq.]
  
     Dark house, Dark room, a house or room in which madmen
        were confined. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The
  
     Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in
        literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly
        1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See
        Middle Ages, under Middle.
  
     The Dark and Bloody Ground, a phrase applied to the State
        of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name,
        in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there
        between Indians.
  
     The dark day, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and
        unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
  
     To keep dark, to reveal nothing. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dark \Dark\, n.
     1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there
        is little or no light.
  
              Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
  
              Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are
              as muc? in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as
              before.                               --Locke.
  
     3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting,
        engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well
        contrasted.
  
              The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and
              the darks to the lights.              --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dark \Dark\, v. t.
     To darken to obscure. [Obs.] --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  dark
       adj 1: devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed
              or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark
              corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is
              dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
              [ant: light]
       2: (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark
          glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" [ant: light]
       3: brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes"
       4: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or
          dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black
          heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader
          of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents
          of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister
          intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black,
           sinister]
       5: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
          "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate
          winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of
          November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn:
           blue, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting,
           gloomy, grim]
       6: secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and
          the fabled wonders of the East"
       7: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
          proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
          shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
          unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
          young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
          crowd" [syn: dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
           saturnine, sour, sullen]
       8: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this
          benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and
          superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history
          of education" [syn: benighted]
       9: marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was
          dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not
          appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" [syn: obscure]
       10: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association
           for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races";
           "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: colored, coloured, dark-skinned]
       11: not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on
           Mondays"
       n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: darkness] [ant: light]
       2: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of
          darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness]
       3: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
          [syn: darkness, shadow]
       4: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark
          outside [syn: night, nighttime] [ant: day]
       5: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their
          intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: darkness]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dark
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 σκοτεινός, έχει σκοτάδι
     2 σκούρος (μιλώντας για χρώμα)
     Αγγλικά n.
     το σκοτάδι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dark
     Italian a.
     (l en dark) (used especially to describe a form of punk music)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Dark
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  dark
     a.
     Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
     n.
     1 A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
     2 (lb en uncountable) ignorance.
     3 (lb en uncountable) nightfall.
     4 A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or
  concealed.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Dark
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  dark
     Italian a.
     (l en dark) (used especially to describe a form of punk music)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Dark
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  dark
     Italian a.
     (l en dark) (used especially to describe a form of punk music)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Dark
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dark
     Englanti a.
     1 pimeä, tumma
     2 synkkä
     3 (''kuvaannollinen'') epäselvä
     4 tietämätön
     Englanti n.
     pimeys, pimeä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dark
     Engelska a.
     (tagg: text=om en färg) mörk; som endast avger eller reflekterar små
  mängder ljus

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  dark /dˈɑːk/
  1. donker
  2. duister

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Dark /dˈɑːk/
  الظلام

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  dark //dɑɹk// //dɑːk// 
  1. тъ́мен 2.
  having an absolute or relative lack of light
   3.
  hidden, secret
  2. мрачен, тъ́мен
  not bright or light, deeper in hue
  3. мра́чен
  without moral or spiritual light

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  dark //dɑɹk// //dɑːk// 
  1. мрак, тъмнина
  a complete or partial absence of light
  2. невидение, незнание
  ignorance
  3. свечеряване
  nightfall