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make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"

the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"

marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"

of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour"

extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler"

(board games) the darker pieces

dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars"

(of coffee) without cream or sugar

(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda"

make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"

(chess or checkers) the darker pieces

the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"

marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"

of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour"

extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler"

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.

In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.

Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.

That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.

A black pigment or dye.

A person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.

A black garment or dress; as, she wears black

Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.

The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.

To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.

To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.

In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.

Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.

That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.

A black pigment or dye.

A black garment or dress; as, she wears black

Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.

The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.

To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.

To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.

Entirely without light; of the darkest hue; opposite to white; wrapped in darkness; dismal; gloomy or forbidding; without moral light or goodness; evil; threatening; clouded with anger; sullen.

The darkest color; the opposite of white; a black color or dye; a negro; mourning.

To make black; blacken; apply blacking to.

Without color, reflecting no light, the opposite of white.

Of the darkest color: without color: obscure: dismal: sullen: horrible.

Black color: absence of color: a negro: mourning.

To make black: to soil or stain.

BLACKNESS.

That which reflects no light; a negro.

To become black.

Without light; very dark; gloomy; horrible.

To make or become black; blacken.

Reflecting little or no light; dark; swarthy; gloomy; dismal; forbidding; sad; evil; malignant; deadly.

The absence of color, or the darkest of all colors; sable.

Anything black.

Want of colour; the darkest of all colours; a negro; a black dress; mourning; a particle of soot or black dirt.

The opposite of white; dark; cloudy; dismal; sullen; very wicked.

Name of the darkest of colours; a negro.

To make black; to dirty or soil.

Reflecting no light or true color; of the darkest hue.

Reflecting no light, colorless, opposite to white,

n. The darkest colour, or destitution of colour;—a negro; a person who skin is black;—a black dress or mourning.

Of the colour of night; dark; cloudy of countenance, sullen; horrible, wicked; dismal, mournful.

A black colour; mourning; a blackamoor; that part of the eye which is black.