darken

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

1. (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
2. (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
3. (impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
4. (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
5. (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
6. (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
7. (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
8. (transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
9. (intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
10. (transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
11. (transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
12. (intransitive) To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.

Sinonimai

obscure

grow dark

get dark

blacken

cloud

☁️

dark

become dark

make dark

dim

sadden

grow black

black

overshadow

eclipse

obfuscate

shade

make black

embrown

benight

block out

darkle

depress

distress

extinguish

lour

murk

overcast

overcloud

shadow

spot

stain

tarnish

threaten

upset

wane

grow dim

Sotho

be clouded

bedim

lower

make sad

cloudy

☁️

cloud over

turn brown

take on a darker colour

bruise

pall

brown

blur

be obscured

Vertimai

oscurecer

oscurarsi

sich verdunkeln

oscurare

verdunkeln

oscurecerse

obscurcir

s’assombrir

foncer

s’obscurcir

dunkeln

scurire

incupire

σκοτεινιάζω

αμαυρώνω

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈdɑɹkən/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: derkenen

Sutampa su škotų: derken

Sutampa su senoji Aukštosios Vokietijos: tarchanjan

Sutampa su Vidurio Aukštosios Vokietijos: terken

In summary

From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), from Proto-West Germanic *dirkinōn (“to darken”), equivalent to dark + -en.
Cognate with Scots derken, durken (“to darken”), Old High German tarchanjan, terchinen (“to darken”), Middle High German terken, derken (“to darken”).