skumring — meaning in English

English meaning

• dusk noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
• nightfall noun The time when day turns to night; dusk.
• twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.

Senses

skumring is used for these senses in English:

• dusk The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
• nightfall The close of the day; the coming of night.
• twilight The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

dusk — full definition

1. noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
2. adj Dim or somewhat dark in colour or light.
3. verb To grow dim or dark, or to make something so.

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