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blacken
Overview of verb blacken
The verb blacken has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black -- (make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened")
2. 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")
Grep of noun blacken
blackening
Antonyms of verb blacken
1 of 2 senses of blacken
Sense 1
blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
Antonym of whiten (Sense 1)
=>whiten, white
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blacken
2 senses of blacken
Sense 1
blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> change
Sense 2
char, blacken, sear, scorch
=> burn
=> damage
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb blacken
1 of 2 senses of blacken
Sense 2
char, blacken, sear, scorch
=> singe, swinge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blacken
2 senses of blacken
Sense 1
blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
Sense 2
char, blacken, sear, scorch
=> burn
'Cause To' of verb blacken
Derived Forms of verb blacken
Domain of verb blacken
1 of 2 senses of blacken
Sense 2
char, blacken, sear, scorch
TOPIC>(noun) cooking#1, cookery#1, preparation#8
Domain Terms of verb blacken
Familiarity of verb blacken
blacken used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb blacken
2 senses of blacken
Sense 1
blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
char, blacken, sear, scorch
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb blacken
2 senses of blacken
Sense 1
blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> blush, crimson, flush, redden
=> pale, blanch, blench
=> tan, bronze
=> sunburn, burn
=> whiten, white
=> blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
=> turn
=> silver
=> dye
=> redden
=> purple
=> grey, gray
=> yellow
=> tone
=> green
=> blue
Sense 2
char, blacken, sear, scorch
> burn
=> scald
=> char, blacken, sear, scorch
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb blacken
Sense 1
blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
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Sense 2
char, blacken, sear, scorch
=> burn
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Grep of verb blacken
blacken
blacken out
Grep of adj blacken
blackened
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