to blacken
11blacken — (v.) c.1200, become black or dark; early 14c., make black, darken, dye (hair); see BLACK (Cf. black) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Figurative sense of to besmirch (with dishonor, etc.) is from early 15c. Related: Blackened; blackening …
12blacken — ► VERB 1) become or make black or dark. 2) damage or destroy (someone s reputation) …
13Blacken My Thumb — Infobox Single Name = Blacken My Thumb Artist = The Datsuns from Album = Released = start date|2004|08|2 Format = CD Single Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Hellsquad Records Writer = Producer = Chart position = Reviews = Last single = Mother… …
14blacken — [[t]blæ̱kən[/t]] blackens, blackening, blackened 1) V ERG To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. [V n] The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth... You need to grill the tomatoes… …
15blacken — UK [ˈblækən] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms blacken : present tense I/you/we/they blacken he/she/it blackens present participle blackening past tense blackened past participle blackened to become black, or to make something become …
16Blacken the Angel — Infobox Album Name = Blacken the Angel Type = studio Artist = Agathodaimon Released = 1998 Genre = Symphonic Black Metal Length = 60:59 Label = Nuclear Blast Last album = Tome Sculptures (1997) This album = Blacken the Angel (1998) Next album =… …
17blacken — black, blacken verbs. Black is used when the meaning is to deliberately make something black, as in blacking one s face, one s shoes, a person s eye, etc., in the meaning to declare something ‘black’ (i.e. to boycott it), and in the phrasal verb… …
18blacken — blackener, n. /blak euhn/, v.t. 1. to make black; darken. 2. to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person s reputation. v.i. 3. to grow or become black. [1250 1300; ME; see BLACK, EN1] Syn. 2. denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce,… …
19blacken — verb a) To make black. Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. mdash; Napoleon Bonaparte b) To make dirty. The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in. Syn: black, denigrate, dirty, soil …
20blacken — verb Blacken is used with these nouns as the object: ↑name …
