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1 blacken
1) (to make or become black: The sky blackened before the storm.) σκοτεινιάζω2) (to make to seem bad: She blackened his character.) αμαυρώνω3) (to clean with black polish: He blackened his boots.) μαυρίζω, στιλβώνω -
2 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) μαύρος2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) σκοτεινός3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) βρώμικος4) (without milk: black coffee.) χωρίς γάλα, `σκέτος` (πχ. για καφέ)5) (evil: black magic.) μαύρος6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) νέγρος7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) έγχρωμος2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) μαύρο (χρώμα)2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) μαύρο χρώμα3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) νέγρος3. verb(to make black.) μαυρίζω- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) γράφω στο μαύρο κατάστιχο, προγράφω5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) εκβιασμός- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white
См. также в других словарях:
blacken — ► VERB 1) become or make black or dark. 2) damage or destroy (someone s reputation) … English terms dictionary
blacken — 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 … Wiktionary
blacken — verb Blacken is used with these nouns as the object: ↑name … Collocations dictionary
blacken — verb 1 (I, T) to become black, or make something black: Smoke had blackened the ceiling of the room. 2 blacken sb s name/character/reputation etc to say unpleasant things about someone in order to make other people have a bad opinion of them … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blacken — verb (blackened; blackening) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become dark or black < the sky blackens > transitive verb 1. to make black 2. defame, sully < blackened her reputat … New Collegiate Dictionary
blacken out — verb darken completely The dining room blackened out • Syn: ↑black out • Derivationally related forms: ↑blackout (for: ↑black out) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
blacken — verb 1》 become or make black or dark. 2》 damage or destroy (someone s reputation) … English new terms dictionary
blacken — verb 1) they blackened their faces Syn: black, darken; dirty, make sooty, make smoky, stain, grime, soil Ant: whiten, clean 2) the sky blackened Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
blacken — [[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… … English dictionary
blacken — 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 … English dictionary
blacken — 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… … Modern English usage
