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# darkening

«darkening» in Mova's school dictionary: **the -ing form of «darken»: becoming darker, or making…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Darkening is the -ing form of «darken»: becoming darker, or making something darker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#m1)

2) As an adjective, darkening describes something getting darker, like a darkening sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#m2)

3) A darkening face or mood is becoming angry or sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a darkening sky warns of a storm or of night coming; a darkening mood shows trouble. In science, darkening shows change: a banana's skin darkening as it ripens, or a cut apple darkening in air. Phrases: darkening sky, darkening clouds, darkening mood.

### examples

- The sky was darkening as we walked home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x1)
- Darkening clouds told us rain was coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x2)
- The apple is darkening where I bit it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x3)
- His face was darkening with anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x4)
- The water was darkening as the sun went down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x5)
- Leaves are darkening as summer ends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x6)
- Soon afterwards he saw something big coming towards him, darkening the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x7)

### note

Verb: darken, darkened, darkening. Spelling: dark + en + ing. Opposite: brightening, lightening.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat marches into the darkening wood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/0/)
- [Weather often warns you before it turns dangerous: tall dark clouds, a darkening sky, a sudden cool wind and distant rumbles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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