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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#m1)

2) To become sad, angry or less hopeful, as a face or mood can. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#m2)

3) (idiom) Never darken my door again means never come to my house again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x1)
- The sky darkened before the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x2)
- Close the blinds to darken the room for the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x3)
- Add a little black to darken the paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x4)
- His face darkened when he heard the bad news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x5)
- The leaves darken in late summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x6)
- As the sun went down, the forest darkened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x7)
- At last the day began to darken, and the evening came; still he had caught not a single fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.497/)
- [Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1151/)
- [Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1000/)
- [Small shakes are normal; artists draw lightly with many strokes from the shoulder and elbow, then darken the line they like.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see/17/)
- [Many moths rest still on trees looking like bark, and when factory soot darkened trees, dark moths survived better than pale ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/189-masters-of-camouflage/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «darken» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darken/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.