--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 3 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Dangerously means in a way that could cause harm or injury.[↗](../../dangerously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dangerously close or near means so close that something bad could easily happen.[↗](../../dangerously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He rode his bike dangerously close to the road.[↗](../../dangerously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The river was dangerously high after the storm.[↗](../../dangerously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver was stopped for driving dangerously.[↗](../../dangerously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cliff path is dangerously steep.[↗](../../dangerously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was dangerously ill but got better in hospital.[↗](../../dangerously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't lean dangerously out of the window.[↗](../../dangerously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The tower of blocks wobbled dangerously.[↗](../../dangerously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was worse next day, and by the morning of the third day was dangerously ill.[↗](../../dangerously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dangle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To dangle means to hang down loosely and swing.[↗](../../dangle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To dangle something means to hold it so that it hangs loosely.[↗](../../dangle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To dangle something in front of someone means to offer it to tempt them.[↗](../../dangle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My legs dangled over the edge of the pier.[↗](../../dangle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A spider dangled from the ceiling.[↗](../../dangle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He dangled the keys in front of the dog.[↗](../../dangle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long earrings dangled from her ears.[↗](../../dangle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let the cable dangle where the baby can reach.[↗](../../dangle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten tried to catch the dangling string.[↗](../../dangle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They dangled a prize in front of us to make us work harder.[↗](../../dangle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Across his back dangled a long fringed quiver.[↗](../../dangle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dangling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dangling means hanging loosely and swinging, often from something above.[↗](../../dangling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dangling something in front of someone means holding it out to tempt them.[↗](../../dangling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monkey was dangling from a branch by its tail.[↗](../../dangling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat on the pier with our legs dangling over the water.[↗](../../dangling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A loose wire was dangling from the ceiling.[↗](../../dangling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her earrings were long and dangling.[↗](../../dangling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept dangling the toy in front of the cat.[↗](../../dangling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The spider was dangling on a thread.[↗](../../dangling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't leave the blind cord dangling where a baby can reach it.[↗](../../dangling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Suddenly he saw a beautiful ball, for all the world like his own, dangling from a branch of the tree he was on.[↗](../../dangling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **daniel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) Daniel is a Jewish prophet in the Bible who was taken to Babylon, stayed faithful to God, and was thrown into a den of lions but came out unhurt.[↗](../../daniel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Daniel is a common boy's first name.[↗](../../daniel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Daniel prayed to God three times a day by his open window.[↗](../../daniel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king threw Daniel into the lions' den.[↗](../../daniel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the morning Daniel was safe, because the lions had not hurt him.[↗](../../daniel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Daniel sits next to me in maths.[↗](../../daniel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang a song about Daniel and the lions.[↗](../../daniel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Daniel read the strange writing on the wall for the king.[↗](../../daniel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Oh-ho," thought Daniel, "that stone, at any rate, will soon be mine.[↗](../../daniel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.[↗](../../daniel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../daniel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then was Daniel brought in before the king.[↗](../../daniel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../daniel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks.[↗](../../daniel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.10.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../daniel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **danish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Danish means from Denmark or to do with Denmark and its people.[↗](../../danish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Danish is the language spoken in Denmark.[↗](../../danish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A danish (or Danish pastry) is a sweet, flaky pastry, often with fruit, custard or icing.[↗](../../danish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* LEGO is a Danish toy company.[↗](../../danish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's mum speaks Danish.[↗](../../danish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Danish flag is red with a white cross.[↗](../../danish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I had an apple danish for breakfast.[↗](../../danish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Danish Vikings once ruled part of England.[↗](../../danish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish writer of fairy tales.[↗](../../danish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Danish sounds a bit like Swedish and Norwegian.[↗](../../danish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dank** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Unpleasantly cold, wet and stale-smelling: «a dank cellar».[↗](../../dank/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang, mostly US, young people) Excellent, cool.[↗](../../dank/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dungeon was dark and dank.[↗](../../dank/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A dank smell came from the old cellar.[↗](../../dank/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Moss grew on the dank walls of the tunnel.[↗](../../dank/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole's tunnels felt dank in winter.[↗](../../dank/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was dank after the flood.[↗](../../dank/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) «That new game is dank!» said my cousin.[↗](../../dank/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **danseur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (ballet, from French) A male ballet dancer; «premier danseur» means a leading male dancer in a ballet company.[↗](../../danseur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) In French, «danseur» simply means «dancer» (a man who dances); English uses it only in ballet.[↗](../../danseur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The danseur lifted the ballerina high above his head.[↗](../../danseur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He became a premier danseur at the Royal Ballet.[↗](../../danseur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The danseur leapt across the stage.[↗](../../danseur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, a danseur is just a male dancer.[↗](../../danseur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our ballet teacher showed us a famous danseur on video.[↗](../../danseur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **danseuse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (ballet, from French) A female ballet dancer; «première danseuse» means a leading female dancer.[↗](../../danseuse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) In French, «danseuse» simply means «dancer» (a woman who dances); English uses it mainly in ballet.[↗](../../danseuse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The danseuse spun on the tips of her toes.[↗](../../danseuse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the première danseuse of the company.[↗](../../danseuse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, a danseuse is a woman who dances.[↗](../../danseuse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The danseuse wore a white tutu in «Swan Lake».[↗](../../danseuse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old poster showed a danseuse in mid-leap.[↗](../../danseuse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **daoism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Chinese tradition of thought and religion based on the «Dao» (or «Tao»), «the Way» — the natural flow of the universe; it teaches living simply, calmly and in harmony with nature.[↗](../../daoism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The religion that grew from these ideas, with temples, priests, festivals and many gods and immortals.[↗](../../daoism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Daoism teaches people to live in harmony with nature.[↗](../../daoism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The yin-yang symbol is linked with Daoism.[↗](../../daoism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Laozi is said to have written the Dao De Jing.[↗](../../daoism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Daoism and Confucianism both began in ancient China.[↗](../../daoism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad does tai chi, which has roots in Daoism.[↗](../../daoism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In RE we compared Daoism with Buddhism.[↗](../../daoism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Daoists believe water shows the Way: soft, yet able to wear down stone.[↗](../../daoism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dapper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Neat, smart and trim in dress and movement, often small and quick.[↗](../../dapper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A dapper little old man came in.[↗](../../dapper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore a dapper blue coat.[↗](../../dapper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dapper mouse rode proudly on his horse.[↗](../../dapper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dapple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees.[↗](../../dapple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a horse) Grey with darker round spots, as in «dapple grey».[↗](../../dapple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To mark something with spots or patches.[↗](../../dapple/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His eyes were skilled to observe the dusk and dapple of green woods.[↗](../../dapple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He rode a dapple grey horse.[↗](../../dapple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunlight dappled the forest floor.[↗](../../dapple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **dappled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dappled means marked with spots or patches of different colours or shades.[↗](../../dappled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dappled light or shade is a pattern of light and shadow, for example under trees.[↗](../../dappled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sat in the dappled shade of the oak tree.[↗](../../dappled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dappled sunlight danced on the path.[↗](../../dappled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pony was dappled grey.[↗](../../dappled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A fawn has a dappled coat that hides it in the woods.[↗](../../dappled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The painter showed the dappled light on the river.[↗](../../dappled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest floor was dappled with gold.[↗](../../dappled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This horse was dappled too, and so like Dapplegrim that no one could distinguish the one from the other.[↗](../../dappled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dare** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To dare means to be brave enough to do something.[↗](../../dare/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To dare someone means to challenge them to do something risky to show they are brave.[↗](../../dare/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A dare is a challenge like that.[↗](../../dare/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «How dare you!» shows you are angry at someone's rude act.[↗](../../dare/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Don't you dare» is a strong warning not to do something.[↗](../../dare/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I dare you to touch the slimy frog\![↗](../../dare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He didn't dare to look down from the top of the climbing frame.[↗](../../dare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying no to a dangerous dare is brave.[↗](../../dare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We played truth or dare at the sleepover.[↗](../../dare/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How dare you read my diary\![↗](../../dare/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't you dare eat my cake\![↗](../../dare/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She dared to ask the question nobody else would.[↗](../../dare/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was just a silly dare.[↗](../../dare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There none would dare harm them.[↗](../../dare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?[↗](../../dare/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dare/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **daredevil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A daredevil is a person who does dangerous, exciting things, often to show off or to entertain people.[↗](../../daredevil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Daredevil (adjective) describes risky, bold actions: a daredevil jump.[↗](../../daredevil/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The daredevil rode his motorbike over twenty cars.[↗](../../daredevil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is a daredevil on the climbing frame.[↗](../../daredevil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd gasped at the daredevil's tightrope walk.[↗](../../daredevil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't try daredevil tricks you see online.[↗](../../daredevil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a daredevil jump from the high board.[↗](../../daredevil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stunt performers are daredevils with lots of training.[↗](../../daredevil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **darest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Has the courage to do something, with "thou" as the subject.[↗](../../darest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Darest thou to follow me?" asked the form.[↗](../../darest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · ‘Rash youth that thou art, darest thou speak thus to Arthur?[↗](../../darest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Lilac Fairy Book) · “Strike then, Bogle, if thou darest,” shouted out Childe Rowland, and rushed to meet him with his good brand that never yet did fail.[↗](../../darest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (English Fairy Tales) **darjeeling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a place name) Darjeeling, a town in the Himalayan hills of West Bengal in north-east India, famous for its tea gardens and its little «toy train».[↗](../../darjeeling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A light, fragrant black tea grown in the Darjeeling hills, sometimes called «the champagne of teas»: «a cup of Darjeeling».[↗](../../darjeeling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Darjeeling is a hill town in India famous for tea.[↗](../../darjeeling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma only drinks Darjeeling with breakfast.[↗](../../darjeeling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tea pickers in Darjeeling pick only the top leaves.[↗](../../darjeeling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The little steam train climbs up to Darjeeling.[↗](../../darjeeling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · From Darjeeling you can see snowy Kangchenjunga.[↗](../../darjeeling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Darjeeling tea is lighter than English breakfast tea.[↗](../../darjeeling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dark means with little or no light, like at night.[↗](../../dark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dark colour is deep and close to black, like dark blue or dark green.[↗](../../dark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Dark hair, eyes or skin are deep brown or black.[↗](../../dark/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The dark is the time or place with no light: «afraid of the dark».[↗](../../dark/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Dark can mean sad, scary or bad: «a dark story».[↗](../../dark/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It gets dark at 6 o'clock.[↗](../../dark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 5 dark blue pens.[↗](../../dark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark chocolate costs more.[↗](../../dark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many hours is it dark?[↗](../../dark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many children are afraid of the dark.[↗](../../dark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In winter it is dark when we go home from school.[↗](../../dark/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We need light to see, so in the dark we see nothing.[↗](../../dark/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear something bright if you walk after dark.[↗](../../dark/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?'[↗](../../dark/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.12.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dark/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.[↗](../../dark/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dark/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob separated the lambs — he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban — and put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.[↗](../../dark/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dark/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Can He judge through the dark cloud?[↗](../../dark/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.22.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dark/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Even very dark, and no brightness in it?[↗](../../dark/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.5.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dark/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.[↗](../../dark/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.35.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dark/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **darken** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To become darker or to make something darker.[↗](../../darken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become sad, angry or less hopeful, as a face or mood can.[↗](../../darken/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (idiom) Never darken my door again means never come to my house again.[↗](../../darken/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sky darkened before the storm.[↗](../../darken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Close the blinds to darken the room for the film.[↗](../../darken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a little black to darken the paint.[↗](../../darken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His face darkened when he heard the bad news.[↗](../../darken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves darken in late summer.[↗](../../darken/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · As the sun went down, the forest darkened.[↗](../../darken/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At last the day began to darken, and the evening came; still he had caught not a single fish.[↗](../../darken/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../darken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.8.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../darken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **darkened** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made darker or grown darker, with little light.[↗](../../darkened/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Past form of darken: the sky darkened.[↗](../../darkened/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched the film in a darkened room.[↗](../../darkened/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The darkened streets felt quiet and spooky.[↗](../../darkened/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky darkened and it began to rain.[↗](../../darkened/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shadows are easiest to see in a darkened classroom.[↗](../../darkened/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The house had darkened windows.[↗](../../darkened/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her mood darkened when she lost the match.[↗](../../darkened/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Give me the youngest instead,’ replied the youth, and the giant’s face darkened as he heard him.[↗](../../darkened/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.[↗](../../darkened/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../darkened/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; (Writings ECC.12.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../darkened/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.[↗](../../darkened/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.24.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../darkened/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **darkening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Darkening is the -ing form of «darken»: becoming darker, or making something darker.[↗](../../darkening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, darkening describes something getting darker, like a darkening sky.[↗](../../darkening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A darkening face or mood is becoming angry or sad.[↗](../../darkening/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sky was darkening as we walked home.[↗](../../darkening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Darkening clouds told us rain was coming.[↗](../../darkening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The apple is darkening where I bit it.[↗](../../darkening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His face was darkening with anger.[↗](../../darkening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water was darkening as the sun went down.[↗](../../darkening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves are darkening as summer ends.[↗](../../darkening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon afterwards he saw something big coming towards him, darkening the sky.[↗](../../darkening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **darkey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An old, insulting word for a Black person.[↗](../../darkey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is offensive and must not be used today.[↗](../../darkey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is an old insult and is not used today.[↗](../../darkey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not use this word; it hurts people.[↗](../../darkey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some old stories contain this insult.[↗](../../darkey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) 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