Holland | Angol |
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duister bijvoeglijk naamwoord | arcane(understood by only a few; obscure) dark [darker, darkest](having an absolute or relative lack of light) gloomy [gloomier, gloomiest](imperfectly illuminated) mystic(mysterious and strange) obscure(dark, faint or indistinct) recondite(difficult to grasp or understand, see also: abstruse; profound) |
duisternis substantief | caliginosity(darkness, obscurity) |
duisternis substantief {f} | darkness(state of being dark) gloom(darkness, dimness, or obscurity) |
maansverduistering substantief {f} | lunar eclipse(when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon) |
mondiale zonsverduistering substantief {f} | global dimming(decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface) |
verduisteren werkwoord | black out(make dark) darken [darkened, darkening, darkens](to make dark by reducing light) dim [dimmed, dimming, dims](to make something less bright) embezzle [embezzled, embezzling, embezzles](to steal money that one has been trusted with) endarken(to render dark or darker) extinguish [extinguished, extinguishing, extinguishes](to obscure or eclipse something) obfuscate [obfuscated, obfuscating, obfuscates](make dark) occult [occulted, occulting, occults](to cover) overcast [overcasted, overcasted, overcasting, overcasts](to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken) secrete [secreted, secreting, secretes]verb |
verduisterend gordijn substantief | blackout curtain(A curtain which blocks light) |
verduistering substantief | blackout [blackouts](the mandatory blinding of all light) |
verduistering substantief {f} | eclipse [eclipses](passage of a planetary object between others) embezzlement [embezzlements](the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) |
zonsverduistering substantief {f} | solar eclipse(when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun) |