sundown
Pronunciations
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/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/
Noun
Sunset.
Usage- US usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Examples
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We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.
Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor An inner trouble I behold, A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]
A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.
Usage- Countable
Verb
To experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at the approach of nightfall.
Usage- Intransitive
- Examples
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"She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7."
Noun
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
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Word forms
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