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💉 A healing mixture 🖤 A black layer 🗞️ A smear campaign 🖌️ To paint black
to blackwash

to blackwash

9.9
To apply a black liquid to a surface to make it dark
  • verb
  • /ˈblækˌwɔʃ/
translation icon : pintar de negro
  • The artist decided to blackwash the wooden frame to give it an antique look.

Examples

  • He carefully blackwashes each metal sculpture to achieve a consistent, matte finish.

  • After years of exposure, the stone walls were blackwashed to protect them from further weathering.

  • Please blackwash that area carefully.

  • They decided to blackwash the fence this summer.

  • The artist decided to blackwash the wooden frame to give it an antique look.

  • He carefully blackwashes each metal sculpture to achieve a consistent, matte finish.

  • After years of exposure, the stone walls were blackwashed to protect them from further weathering.

Synonyms

to black
vsto blackwash
120 2.1

To make or become dark in color

applies a pigmented layer for finishing rather than just darkening
to blacken
vsto blackwash
7 3.2

To cook food at high heat so its outside becomes dark and slightly burnt

applies a pigmented layer deliberately instead of charring by heat
to blacklead
vsto blackwash
  • Archaic
9.9

To cover a stove or grate with black powder so it looks shiny

applies a pigmented layer for color rather than a graphite shine

How Dark

to blackwash
9.9
paint
469 1.0
to stain
113 3.2
wash
  • Specialized
10 6.7
to tint
24 3.6

Surface Forms

blackwash infinitive
blackwashed past
blackwashed past participle
blackwashing present participle
blackwashes third person singular

Morphology

blackwash = black + wash (transparent) = black + wash

The meaning is directly compositional: a black wash or stain applied to a surface.

Etymology

The verb blackwash comes from black and wash, meaning to put a black liquid on something. So to blackwash a surface is to coat or stain it with a black wash.