darken

«darken» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To become darker or to make something darker — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (darken, darkens, darkened, darkening)

meaning for a pupil

1) To become darker or to make something darker. tree →

2) To become sad, angry or less hopeful, as a face or mood can. tree →

3) (idiom) Never darken my door again means never come to my house again. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

• 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 →
• The sky darkened before the storm. tree →
• Close the blinds to darken the room for the film. tree →
• Add a little black to darken the paint. tree →
• His face darkened when he heard the bad news. tree →
• The leaves darken in late summer. tree →
• As the sun went down, the forest darkened. tree →
• At last the day began to darken, and the evening came; still he had caught not a single fish. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
• Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.
• Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
• Small shakes are normal; artists draw lightly with many strokes from the shoulder and elbow, then darken the line they like.
• Many moths rest still on trees looking like bark, and when factory soot darkened trees, dark moths survived better than pale ones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «darken» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.