dark

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ pitch

▪

I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.

▪ gathering

▪

We could just make out some figures in the gathering dark.

PREPOSITION

▪ after dark

▪

The girls weren't allowed out after dark.

▪ before dark

▪

We'd better try and finish this job before dark.

▪ in the dark

▪

I hate getting up in the dark.

PHRASES

▪ afraid of the dark

▪

Many small children are afraid of the dark.

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, look, seem

▪ become, get, go, grow, turn

▪

It gets dark at about six o'clock.

▪

Suddenly the whole sky went dark.

▪

As it grew dark, they gathered around the fire.

▪ remain, stay

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ completely

▪ a little, slightly, etc.

▪ almost, nearly

▪

It's only three o'clock and it's nearly dark already.

▪ already

▪ still

Dark is used with these nouns: ↑alley, ↑attic, ↑background, ↑basement, ↑beer, ↑blonde, ↑brow, ↑brown, ↑bruise, ↑cave, ↑cellar, ↑chamber, ↑chestnut, ↑chocolate, ↑cloak, ↑cloud, ↑coffee, ↑colour, ↑colouring, ↑comedy, ↑complexion, ↑confines, ↑corner, ↑corridor, ↑crimson, ↑curl, ↑day, ↑deed, ↑depth, ↑earth, ↑emotion, ↑evening, ↑eye, ↑eyebrow, ↑eyelash, ↑face, ↑figure, ↑foliage, ↑force, ↑foreboding, ↑forest, ↑freckle, ↑gaze, ↑glasses, ↑gleam, ↑grey, ↑hair, ↑hall, ↑hallway, ↑head, ↑heart, ↑hill, ↑hint, ↑hollow, ↑humour, ↑ink, ↑interior, ↑look, ↑make-up, ↑man, ↑matter, ↑meat, ↑mood, ↑mystery, ↑night, ↑overcoat, ↑passage, ↑patch, ↑period, ↑pit, ↑pool, ↑purple, ↑recess, ↑red, ↑ring, ↑road, ↑room, ↑satire, ↑scowl, ↑secret, ↑sense of humour, ↑shade, ↑shading, ↑shadow, ↑shape, ↑side, ↑silhouette, ↑skin, ↑sky, ↑stain, ↑stranger, ↑streak, ↑street, ↑stripe, ↑sunglasses, ↑suspicion, ↑tale, ↑tan, ↑thought, ↑tint, ↑tone, ↑tunnel, ↑undertone, ↑underworld, ↑void, ↑window, ↑winter, ↑wood