dark

dark
I
adj.

1) pitch ('completely') dark

2) (misc.) as dark as night ('very dark'); to grow dark

II
n.
darkness

1) after dark

2) in the dark (to grope for the door in the dark)

ignorance

3) to keep smb. in the dark

* * *
[dɑːk]
to grow dark
['darkness'] after dark
['ignorance'] to keep smb. in the dark
pitch ('completely') dark
(misc.) as dark as night ('very dark')
in the dark (to grope for the door in the dark)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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