black
black
blÃĻk
blāk
/blÃĻk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "black"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋

having the color that is the darkest, like most crows
black definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His hair used to be blonde, but now it 's black.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϞ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋

referring or belonging to a racial group with dark skin color, particularly those who are from sub-Saharan Africa
black definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Black community in the city organized a festival to showcase their rich traditions and history.
āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ⧇āϰ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āϰāĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋

turned black, especially due to suffused blood or extreme emotion
black definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldier ’s face turned black with exertion as he struggled to carry the heavy load.
āϏ⧈āύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻšāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ

filled with intense anger, resentment, or hostility
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His black mood was evident in his harsh words.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāϜ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ

associated with or indicative of malevolent, immoral, or dishonorable qualities or actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His black deeds eventually caught up with him, leading to his downfall.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϰ

leading to disastrous or catastrophic outcomes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The war brought a series of black events that devastated the country.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻāύ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
6.1

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€

grim or pessimistic in outlook
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The economic forecast painted a black picture for the upcoming year, with no signs of improvement.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϏ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āφāρāĻ•āĻž, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύ⧇āχ.
6.2

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāϏ, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ

conveying a dark or cynical sense of humor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His black remarks about the situation revealed a deep-seated cynicism.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ

secret and deceptive, often involving false information in intelligence work
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mission was part of a black intelligence campaign to spread false information.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āύ⧋āĻ‚āϰāĻž

soiled or covered with dirt or soot, giving a dark and dirty appearance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The children ’s clothes were black after playing in the muddy backyard.
āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
09

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋

(of tea or coffee) served without any added milk, cream, or sweeteners
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She ordered her tea black, just as the menu suggested.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻŽā§‡āύ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋

the quality or state of the color that is darkest and has the least lightness, making it the opposite of white
black definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her wardrobe consists mostly of black, as it matches every occasion.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāϰ⧋āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ—āχ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āϰāϙ⧇āϰ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāϞāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ

a person of African or African-American descent
black definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The festival celebrates the achievements of Blacks in the arts.
āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋

the garments that are entirely or predominantly in the color black
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She bought a new black for the upcoming fashion gala.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύ āĻ—āĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋

the player who uses the pieces of the black color, who moves second in the game
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the chess tournament, Black managed to outwit their opponent with a brilliant counterattack.
āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϟ⧁āĻ°ā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡, āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ

the absence of light
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The black of the night made it hard to see anything outside.
āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become dark or black in color
Intransitive
to black definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If you leave the bananas out in the sun for too long, they'll quickly black.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϤ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ•āϞāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to make something black in color
Transitive: to black sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the ink has blacked the paper.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāώāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to boycott or ban a business or industry
Transitive: to black a business or industry
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Several industries were blacked by the trade union following the strike.
āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϘāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϕ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻĄ āχāωāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

antiblack
blackish
blackness
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