dark : Idioms & Phrases

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A dark horse

  • in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers . Colloq.
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dark adaptation

  • noun the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
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Dark Ages

  • noun the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
    Middle Ages.
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  • a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle.
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dark blue

  • noun a dark shade of blue
    navy; navy blue.
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dark bread

  • noun bread made with whole wheat flour
    brown bread; whole meal bread; whole wheat bread.
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dark chocolate

  • noun chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added
    bittersweet chocolate; semi-sweet chocolate.
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dark comedy

  • noun a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements
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dark field illumination

  • noun a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background
    dark field illumination.
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dark glasses

  • noun spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
    sunglasses; shades.
    • he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades
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dark ground illumination

  • noun a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background
    dark field illumination.
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dark horse

  • noun a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
  • noun a racehorse about which little is known
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Dark house, Dark room

  • a house or room in which madmen were confined. Obs. Shak.
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Dark lantern

  • noun a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light
    bull's-eye.
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  • . See Lantern. The
  • a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; called also bull's-eye.
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dark matter

  • noun (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force
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dark meat

  • noun the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
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dark red

  • noun a red color that reflects little light
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dark-blue

  • adjective satellite of a dark shade of blue
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dark-brown

  • adjective satellite of a color similar to that of wood or earth
    brown; chocolate-brown; brownish.
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dark-coated

  • adjective satellite covered with dark hair
    dark-coated.
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dark-colored

  • adjective satellite having a dark color
    dusky-colored; dusky-coloured; dark-colored.
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dark-coloured

  • adjective satellite having a dark color
    dusky-colored; dusky-coloured; dark-colored.
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dark-eyed junco

  • noun common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises
    slate-colored junco; Junco hyemalis.
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dark-field microscope

  • noun light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
    ultramicroscope.
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dark-fruited

  • adjective satellite bearing dark fruit
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dark-gray

  • adjective satellite of a dark shade of grey
    oxford-grey; oxford-gray; dark-gray.
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dark-green

  • adjective satellite of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
    green; light-green; greenish.
    • a green tree
    • green fields
    • green paint
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dark-grey

  • adjective satellite of a dark shade of grey
    oxford-grey; oxford-gray; dark-gray.
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dark-haired

  • adjective satellite having hair of a dark color
    brown-haired; black-haired.
    • a dark-haired beauty
  • adjective satellite covered with dark hair
    dark-coated.
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dark-skinned

  • adjective satellite having skin rich in melanin pigments
    dark; non-white; colored; coloured.
    • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    • dark-skinned peoples
  • adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
    swart; swarthy; dusky.
    • a dark-skinned beauty
    • gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
    • a smile on his swarthy face
    • `swart' is archaic
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dark-spotted

  • adjective satellite having dark spots
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pitch-dark

  • adjective satellite extremely dark
    pitch-black; black.
    • a black moonless night
    • through the pitch-black woods
    • it was pitch-dark in the cellar
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Pitch"-dark` adjective
Definitions
  1. Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
Webster 1913

The Dark and Bloody Ground

  • a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians.
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The dark day

  • a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
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To keep dark

  • to reveal nothing. Low
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