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MURK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Synonyms:
fog; fogginess; murk; murkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("murk" is a kind of...):
atmosphere; atmospheric state (the weather or climate at some place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "murk"):
fug ((British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere)
Derivation:
murk (make dark, dim, or gloomy)
murky (dark or gloomy)
murky ((of liquids) clouded as with sediment)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make dark, dim, or gloomy
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "murk" is one way to...):
darken (make dark or darker)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
murk (an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance)
