Word

blacken, v.
(blackened, blackening, blackens)
freq. cnt. 2

make or become black
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

black blacken melanise melanize

"The smoke blackened the ceiling"
"The ceiling blackened"

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lexical pointers

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
<verb.change>

blacken char scorch sear

"The cook blackened the chicken breast"
"The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
"the flames scorched the ceiling"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

hypernym

hyponym