darkened

«darkened» in Mova's school dictionary: Made darker or grown darker, with little light — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (darkened); verb past form of darken (darken, darkens, darkened, darkening)

meaning for a pupil

1) Made darker or grown darker, with little light. tree →

2) Past form of darken: the sky darkened. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a darkened room or darkened street sets a spooky or quiet mood. In science, experiments with torches and shadows happen in a darkened room. Phrases: a darkened room, darkened windows.

examples

• We watched the film in a darkened room. tree →
• The darkened streets felt quiet and spooky. tree →
• The sky darkened and it began to rain. tree →
• Shadows are easiest to see in a darkened classroom. tree →
• The house had darkened windows. tree →
• Her mood darkened when she lost the match. tree →
• ‘Give me the youngest instead,’ replied the youth, and the giant’s face darkened as he heard him. tree →

note

Past form and past participle of darken. As an adjective it suggests someone or something made it dark.

In the corpora

• Many moths rest still on trees looking like bark, and when factory soot darkened trees, dark moths survived better than pale ones.
• 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.

Trees and pragmatics

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