Found 3 items, similar to Blacken.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: blacken
membajai, menghitamkan, merendahkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: blacken
blacken
v 1: make or become black;
“The smoke blackened the ceiling”;
“The ceiling blackened” [syn:
melanize,
melanise,
nigrify,
black] [ant:
whiten]
2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color;
“The
cook blackened the chicken breast”;
“The fire charred the
ceiling above the mantelpiece”;
“the flames scorched the
ceiling” [syn:
char,
scorch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Blacken
Blacken
\Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Blackened; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Blackening.] [See
Black, a., and cf.
Black, v.
t. ]
1. To make or render black.
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While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.
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2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
“Blackened the whole
heavens.” --South.
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3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,
vice blackens the character.
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Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
traduce; malign; asperse.
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Blacken
\Black"en\, v. i.
To grow black or dark.
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