blacken

«blacken» in Mova's school dictionary: To make something black or very dark, such as with soot… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (blackens, blackened, blackening)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make something black or very dark, such as with soot, smoke or charcoal. tree →

2) To blacken someone's name is to say bad things about them so others think less of them. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a person blackens their face or moustache with burnt cork or charcoal; the smoke blackened the walls

examples

• The smoke blackened the kitchen ceiling. tree →
• He blackened his moustache with burnt cork. tree →
• Spilled ink blackened the tablecloth. tree →
• Lies can blacken a person's good name. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «blacken» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.