Definitions of blacken [ˈblæk ən]

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Definition of 'blacken'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) blacken
to make black; darken.

2. blacken
to defame; slander.

3. (v.i.) blacken
to become black.

Etymology: (1250–1300)

Definition of 'blacken'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
make or become black
"The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

2. (verb) char, blacken, sear, scorch
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
"The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"

Definition of 'blacken'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) blacken
to make or render black

2. (verb) blacken
to make dark; to darken; to cloud

3. (verb) blacken
to defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character

4. (verb) blacken
to grow black or dark

Translation of 'blacken'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make or become black The sky blackened before the storm.
Afrikaans: verduister	Arabic: يسوَد ، يَكْفَهِرُّ	Bulgarian: почерням
Brazilian: enegrecer	Czech: zatáhnout se, potemnit, z	German: schwarz werden
Danish: blive sort	Greek: σκοτεινιάζω, μαυρίζω	Spanish: ennegrecer, volverse negr
Estonian: mustaks tegema, mustenema	Farsi: سیاه کردن؛ سیاه شدن	Finnish: mustua
French: noircir, (s')assombrir	Hebrew: לְהַשחִיר	Hindi: काला होना या करना
Croatian: pocrnjeti	Hungarian: megfeketedik	Indonesian: menghitam
Icelandic: sortna	Italian: oscurarsi	Japanese: 黒くなる
Korean: 검게 하다	Lithuanian: pajuosti, juodinti	Latvian: kļūt tumšam/ melnam
Malay: menjadi gelap	Dutch: zwart maken, zwart worden	Norwegian: sverte, bli svart, mørkle
Polish: poczernić, poczernieć	Persian: سیاه کردن؛ سیاه شدن	Pashto: تورول: بد نامول
Portuguese: enegrecer	Romanian: a (se)înnegri; a (se) în	Russian: делать(ся) чёрным
Slovak: sčernieť, stemnieť	Slovenian: potemneti	Serbian: pocrneti
Swedish: svartna, svärta	Thai: ทำให้เป็นสีดำ	Turkish: karar(t)mak
Taiwanese: 使...變黑，變黑	Ukrainian: чорнити; чорнішати	Urdu: کالا ہونا ، یا کالا کرنا
Vietnamese: đen lại	Chinese: 使变黑，把…弄黑
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