1. [n]  an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
2. [n]  an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
3. [n]  absence of light or illumination
4. [n]  absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
5. [n]  the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
6. [adj]  not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"
7. [adj]  having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"
8. [adj]  (used of hair or skin or eyes) "dark eyes"
9. [adj]  devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
10. [adj]  causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
11. [adj]  (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
12. [adj]  marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
13. [adj]  lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"
14. [adj]  stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
15. [adj]  showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
16. [adj]  secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East"

Dark
In the course of one week, this novel follows the fortunes of young Thai Williams, who shoots a man in a fit of jealousy, then flees his D.C. ghetto neighborhood to take refuge with a friend in North Carolina--his first time away from home. The experience deepens his perceptions and teaches him what he needs to know about personal responsibility and developing a moral code.

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1. \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc,
   deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]
   1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not
      receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or
      partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not
      light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth;
      dark paint; a dark complexion.
            O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon,
            Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope
            of day!                               --Milton.
            In the dark and silent grave.         --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
   2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through;
      obscure; mysterious; hidden.
            The dark problems of existence.       --Shairp.
            What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be
            found more plain.                     --Hooker.
            What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?
                                                  --Shak.
   3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or
      intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
            The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not
            want light who taught the world to see. --Denhan.
            The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[ae]val
            historians as the darkest part of this intellectual
            night.                                --Hallam.
   4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked;
      atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
            Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton.
   5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
            More dark and dark our woes.          --Shak.
            A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a
            dark tinge to all his views of human nature.
                                                  --Macaulay.
            There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of
            heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark
            hour of adversity.                    --W. Irving.
   6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]
            He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had
            been for some years.                  --Evelyn.
   Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective;
         as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the
         first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed,
         dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working.
   {A dark horse}, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate
      whose chances of success are not known, and whose
      capabilities have not been made the subject of general
      comment or of wagers. [Colloq.]
   {Dark house}, {Dark room}, a house or room in which madmen
      were confined. [Obs.] --Shak.
   {Dark lantern}. See {Lantern}. -- The
   {Dark Ages}, a period of stagnation and obscurity in
      literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly
      1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See
      {Middle Ages}, under {Middle}.
   {The Dark and Bloody Ground}, a phrase applied to the State
      of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name,
      in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there
      between Indians.
   {The dark day}, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and
      unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
   {To keep dark}, to reveal nothing. [Low]
   

2. \Dark\, n.
   1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there
      is little or no light.
            Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out.
                                                  --Shak.
   2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
            Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark.
                                                  --Shak.
            Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are
            as muc? in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as
            before.                               --Locke.
   3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting,
      engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well
      contrasted.
            The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and
            the darks to the lights.              --Dryden.
   

3. \Dark\, v. t.
   To darken to obscure. [Obs.] --Milton.