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blacken en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈblækən/
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Etymology

From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black + -en (verbal suffix).

Meanings

(causative, transitive) To cause to be or become black.
- Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff. 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:
(ergative, intransitive) To become black.
- The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.
(causative, transitive) To make dirty.
To defame or sully.
(transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
blackens	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
blackened	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
blackened	Tense=Past	lexicographic
blackening	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Translations (107)

ru зачерни́ть (make black) · fr salir (defame, sully) · sk začierniť (make black) · ru загрязня́ть (make dirty) · te నలుపుచేయు (make black) · pl czernić (make black) · he השחיר (make black) · pl zaczernić (make black) · fi mustaantua (become black) · ga dubhaigh (make black) · fr noircir (defame, sully) · fi mustata (make black) · ru запа́чкать (make dirty) · fr noircir (become black) · pt denegrir (defame, sully) · ru очерня́ть (defame, sully) · az qaralmaq (become black) · it annerire (make black) · uk чорни́ти (make black) · pl czernieć (become black) · ru измара́ть (make dirty) · ta அழுக்காக்கு (make dirty) · pl sczernieć (become black) · sv svärta (make dirty) · sv svartna (become black) · fi liata (make dirty) · az qaralamaq (make dirty) · aii ܐܵܟܹܡ (become black) · gl ennegrecer (make black) · sv svärta (make black) · ar اِسْوَدَّ (become black) · mi whakapango (make black) · fr noircir (make black) · hu befeketedik (become black) · nl zwartmaken (defame, sully) · az batırmaq (make dirty) · be пачарне́ць (become black) · ru черни́ть (defame, sully) · grc μελαίνω (make black) · aii ܡܲܟܸܡ (make black) · te నల్లబడు (become black) · ru па́чкать (make dirty) · uk зчорні́ти (become black) · sv svärta ner (defame, sully) · ru загрязни́ть (make dirty) · bg цапам (make dirty) · tr kararmak (become black) · tr karartmak (make black) · az qaralamaq (make black) · bg очерням (defame, sully) · ang sweartian (make black) · es ennegrecer (make black) · bg почернявам (become black) · pt conspurcar (defame, sully) · pt enegrecer (become black) · ru испа́чкать (make dirty) · az qaraltmaq (make black) · ta கரு (make black) · it annerirsi (become black) · ar سَوَّدَ (make black) · mr काळे करणे (make black) · id menghitamkan (make black) · ru очерни́ть (defame, sully) · ru замара́ть (make dirty) · es tiznar (defame, sully) · uk чорні́ти (become black) · fa سیاه کردن (make black) · ro înnegri (make black) · io nigreskar (become black) · de schwärzen (make black) · sk očierniť (defame, sully) · ru мара́ть (make dirty) · akk 𒈪 (make black) · ru черне́ть (become black) · pl oczernić (defame, sully) · el αμαυρώνω (make black) · az çirkləndirmək (make dirty) · sq nxij (make black) · ta கரு (become black) · sk stmavnúť (become black) · eo nigrigi (make black) · az qaralamaq (defame, sully) · mr काळे होणे (become black) · pl poczernieć (become black) · bg почерням (make black) · io nigrigar (make black) · sq zeshk (make black) · uk почорні́ти (become black) · pt enegrecer (make black) · fi musteta (become black) · it sporcare (make dirty) · fi mustamaalata (defame, sully) · ca ennegrir (make black) · sk sčernieť (become black) · sk zotmieť (become black) · ru почерне́ть (become black) · gl denegrir (become black) · el αμαυρώνω (defame, sully) · pl oczerniać (defame, sully) · de anschwärzen (defame, sully) · de verdunkeln (become black) · fr souiller (make dirty) · eo nigriĝi (become black) · pt denegrir (make dirty) · ru черни́ть (make black) · izh musseta (become black) · be чарне́ць (become black)

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