skymning — meaning in English

English meaning

• dusk noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
• night noun The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, when the sun is below the horizon.
• twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.

Senses

skymning 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.
• night (uncountable) Nightfall.
• 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.
• twilight Any faint light through which something is seen.

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.

night — full definition

1. noun The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, when the sun is below the horizon.
2. noun An evening set aside for a particular activity or event.

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