dark

გამოთქმა: /dɑːk/

Universal

1with little or no light:it’s too dark to see much
(of a theatre) closed; not in use: when I came to work here, over half the West End theatres were dark

2(of a colour or object) not reflecting much light; approaching black in shade:dark green
(of someone’s skin, hair, or eyes) brown or black in colour: dark curly hair
(of a person) having dark skin, hair, or eyes: a tall, dark girl both my father and I are very dark

3(of a period or situation) characterized by great unhappiness or unpleasantness:the dark days of the war
deeply pessimistic:a dark vision of the future
(of an expression) angry: Matthew flashed a dark look at her
suggestive of or arising from evil; sinister:so many dark deeds had been committed

4hidden from knowledge; mysterious:a dark secret
(darkest) humorous (of a region) most remote, inaccessible, or uncivilized:he lives somewhere in darkest Essex
archaic ignorant; unenlightened:he is dark on certain points of scripture

5 Phonetics denoting a velarized form of the sound of the letter l (as in pull in south-eastern English speech). Often contrasted with clear.

Universal

1 (the dark) the absence of light in a place:Carolyn was sitting in the dark
[mass noun] nightfall:I’ll be home before dark

2a dark colour or shade, especially in a painting: lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief

the darkest hour is just before the dawn: proverb when things seem to be at their worst they are about to start improving.
in the dark: in a state of ignorance: the player is still in the dark about his future
keep something dark: British keep something secret: you’ve kept your plans very dark
a shot (or stab) in the dark: an act whose outcome cannot be foreseen; a guess: their experiments were little more than shots in the dark

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