"The day pulls to a close" is a barbarism, possibly entirely opaque if you fail to recognize it as a translation of "The day draws to a close."
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Opaque
/əʊˈpeɪk/
Synonyms for "opaque" (150 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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4 entriesclouded glasscryptic prosedense writingopaque pigment
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6 entriesopaque coatingopaque dataopaque materialopaque pigmentopaque proseopaque reasoning
Inflections
2 entriesmore opaquemost opaque
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Sample sentences
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Opaque? Not at all. Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer.
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You don't know what that small opaque bottle contains.
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The truth is opaque and consequently imperceptible.
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