"sundown" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sundown.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sundowns [plural]
Etymology: sun + down Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sun|down}} sun + down Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sundown (countable and uncountable, plural sundowns)
  1. (now chiefly US) Sunset. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Times of day
    Sense id: en-sundown-en-noun-TUqLRLMc Disambiguation of Times of day: 79 3 18 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 13 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 8 20
  2. (countable) A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-sundown-en-noun-V1tadaPA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dusk, mirkning, nightfall Derived forms: sundown syndrome

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sundown.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sundowns [present, singular, third-person], sundowning [participle, present], sundowned [participle, past], sundowned [past]
Etymology: sun + down Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sun|down}} sun + down Head templates: {{en-verb}} sundown (third-person singular simple present sundowns, present participle sundowning, simple past and past participle sundowned)
  1. (intransitive) to experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at nightfall. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: sundowner, sundowning, sundown town
    Sense id: en-sundown-en-verb-8sBPvfzZ

Inflected forms

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