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# darken

verb (darken, darkens, darkened, darkening)

«darken» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To become darker or to make something darker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#m1)
2. To become sad, angry or less hopeful, as a face or mood can. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#m2)
3. (idiom) Never darken my door again means never come to my house again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on light, a room darkens when you close the curtains. In stories, the sky darkens before a storm and a character's face darkens with anger. In art, you darken a colour by adding black. Phrases: the sky darkened, darken someone's door.

### Examples

- The sky darkened before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#x1)
- Close the blinds to darken the room for the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#x2)
- Add a little black to darken the paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#x3)
- His face darkened when he heard the bad news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#x4)
- The leaves darken in late summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#x5)
- As the sun went down, the forest darkened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#x6)
- At last the day began to darken, and the evening came; still he had caught not a single fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: darkened. The -en ending means to make or become (like brighten, soften, harden). Opposite: brighten, lighten.

## In Jewish tradition

In Amos it is part of God's warning of judgment, when the sun will go down at noon.

**Interpretation.** Amos's words are read as a picture of a terrible day when the world seems to turn upside down because of Israel's sins.

### Examples

- And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. (Prophets AMO.8.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb: darkened. The -en ending means to make or become (like brighten, soften, harden). Opposite: brighten, lighten.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «darken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darken/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«darken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/darken.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «darken» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«darken» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/darken.html) on Mova free.