Adjective

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Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.

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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Out of the gloom , passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark , look for specks of light in the villages.}}

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#Deprived of sight; blind.

#*(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

#*:He was, I think, at this time quite dark , and so had been for some years.

(lb) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.

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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

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*:If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.

Hidden, secret, obscure.

*1603-1606 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , i 1

*:Meantime we shall express our darker purpose

#Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?

#*1594- , (Richard Hooker),

#*:What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain.

#*(w) (1819-1885)

#*:the dark problems of existence

# Having racing capability not widely known.

Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.

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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:Left him at large to his own dark designs.

Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.

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*:A deep melancholy took possession of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature.

*(Washington Irving) (1783-1859)

*:There is, in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.

*Sir (1614-1669)

*:The age wherein he lived was dark , but he / Could not want light who taught the world to see.

*(Arthur Hallam) (1811-1833)

*:The tenth century used to be reckoned by mediaeval historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night.

With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.

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Adjective

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Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

*, chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17, author=(George Monbiot)

, volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Money just makes the rich suffer , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}

Having a fatty, intense flavour.

a rich''' dish; '''rich''' cream or soup; '''rich pastry

* Baker

Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

a rich''' treasury; a '''rich''' entertainment; a '''rich crop

* Rowe

If life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.

* Milton

The gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-27, volume=408, issue=8846, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Battle of the bulge , passage=For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world.}}

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

rich''' soil or land; a '''rich mine

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

a rich''' dress; '''rich''' silk or fur; '''rich presents

* Milton

rich and various gems

Not faint or delicate; vivid.

a rich red colour

(informal, dated) Very amusing.

The scene was a rich one.

a rich incident or character

(Thackeray)

(informal) Ridiculous, absurd.

(computing) Elaborate]], having complex [[format, formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

* 2002 , David Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming

A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages.

* 2003 , Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.

* 2008 , Aaron Newman, Adam Steinberg, Jeremy Thomas, Enterprise 2.0 Implementation

But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.

Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.