to blacken
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3.4
- verb
- /ˈblækən/
:
ennegrecer
- After the wildfire, the landscape was blackened, showing the extent of the destruction.
- blackened surface
- blackened face
Examples
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Trees fell, rivers blackened and the sky choked on smoke and ash.
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In those areas, the floor is blackened by the ash and charcoal raked out from the fires.
Academic text (2006) -
I suspect, when you read this, most of the pages will be blackened out.
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Much of the roof was missing, and the blackened timbers looked like evidence of a fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
Fire doesn't cleanse, it blackens.
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There was little left but smoldering piles, blackened stones, and the blasted well of the square.
Fiction book (1991) -
Today, the area around Baures is covered by stretches of blackened soil dotted with charred, twisted trunks.
Academic text (2008) -
The fire blackened the old farmhouse, leaving only charred remains.
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She let the toast stay in the toaster until it blackened on the edges.
Synonyms
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2.1
To make or become dark in color
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3.3
Make or become less bright, for example a room
To make a place or screen completely dark so no light shows
To apply a black liquid to a surface to make it dark
To make wood or other material look like ebony
To cover a stove or grate with black powder so it looks shiny
To become dark when a living thing makes melanin
Antonyms
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How Dark
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Morphology
Etymology
Blacken is made of black and the ending -en, which means 'make' or 'become', just like in widen. So, to blacken something is to make it dark or for it to become dark.