Synonyms:
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
Meaning: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
dusk
Meaning: become dusk
Usage examples
Dusk
Dusk was falling.
By this time it was dusk.
Well, can't do a thing until dusk comes down.
The young girl looked at him through the dusk.
Though it was dusk, not one of them wanted to go to sleep.
Dusk came two hours before its time; thunder snarled in the sky.
The mail picked us up about dusk at the Royal George on the heath.
As Dick stared his eyes grew more used to the half dusk and he saw clearly.
"All ready to start!" said Mr. Fulton, "and it will be dusk before we reach home.