"blacken" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈblækən/ Audio: en-us-blacken.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ækən Etymology: From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blaknen}} Middle English blaknen, {{m|enm|blakkenen}} blakkenen, {{af|en|black|-en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} black + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} blacken (third-person singular simple present blackens, present participle blackening, simple past and past participle blackened) Forms: blackens [present, singular, third-person], blackening [participle, present], blackened [participle, past], blackened [past]
  1. (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black. Tags: causative, transitive
    Sense id: blacken-en-verb-9Mt4XYZ1 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 27 14 20 19 19
  2. (intransitive, ergative) To become black. Tags: ergative, intransitive
    Sense id: blacken-en-verb-Okrbk97a Synonyms (make black): black, denigrate Disambiguation of 'make black': 31 46 23 0 0 Translations (become black): اِسْوَدَّ (iswadda) (Arabic), qaralmaq (Azerbaijani), чарне́ць (čarnjécʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), пачарне́ць (pačarnjécʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), почернявам (počernjavam) (Bulgarian), nigriĝi (Esperanto), musteta (Finnish), mustaantua (Finnish), noircir (French), denegrir (Galician), befeketedik (Hungarian), nigreskar (Ido), czernieć [imperfective] (Polish), sczernieć [perfective] (Polish), poczernieć [perfective] (Polish), enegrecer (Portuguese), черне́ть (černétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), почерне́ть (počernétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), sčernieť (Slovak), stmavnúť (Slovak), zotmieť (Slovak), svartna (Swedish), నల్లబడు (nallabaḍu) (Telugu), чорні́ти (čorníty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), почорні́ти (počorníty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зчорні́ти (zčorníty) [colloquial, perfective] (Ukrainian) Disambiguation of 'become black': 26 73 0 1 1 Translations (make black): 𒈪 (/salamu/) (Akkadian), سَوَّدَ (sawwada) (Arabic), qaralamaq (Azerbaijani), qaraltmaq (Azerbaijani), почерням (počernjam) (Bulgarian), ennegrir (Catalan), nigrigi (Esperanto), mustata (Finnish), noircir (French), ennegrecer (Galician), schwärzen (German), αμαυρώνω (amavróno) (Greek), μελαίνω (melaínō) [Ancient] (Greek), השחיר (hishkhír) (Hebrew), nigrigar (Ido), dubhaigh (Irish), annerire (Italian), sweartian (Old English), سیاه کردن (siyâh kardan) (Persian), czernić [imperfective] (Polish), zaczernić [perfective] (Polish), enegrecer (Portuguese), înnegri (Romanian), черни́ть (černítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зачерни́ть (začernítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), začierniť (Slovak), ennegrecer (Spanish), svärta (Swedish), నలుపుచేయు (nalupucēyu) (Telugu) Disambiguation of 'make black': 31 46 23 0 0
  3. (transitive, causative) To make dirty. Tags: causative, transitive
    Sense id: blacken-en-verb-4V5i8FFu Synonyms (make dirty): dirty, soil Disambiguation of 'make dirty': 0 4 92 4 0 Translations (make dirty): qaralamaq (Azerbaijani), çirkləndirmək (Azerbaijani), batırmaq (Azerbaijani), цапам (capam) (Bulgarian), liata (Finnish), souiller (French), sporcare (Italian), denegrir (Portuguese), па́чкать (páčkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), испа́чкать (ispáčkatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), запа́чкать (zapáčkatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), мара́ть (marátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), измара́ть (izmarátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), замара́ть (zamarátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), загрязня́ть (zagrjaznjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), загрязни́ть (zagrjaznítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), svärta (Swedish) Disambiguation of 'make dirty': 0 0 96 4 0
  4. To defame or sully.
    Sense id: blacken-en-verb-KFiBU0rt Synonyms (defame): defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish Disambiguation of 'defame': 4 16 5 74 2 Translations (defame, sully): qaralamaq (Azerbaijani), очерням (očernjam) (Bulgarian), zwartmaken (Dutch), mustamaalata (Finnish), noircir (French), salir (French), αμαυρώνω (amavróno) (Greek), oczerniać [imperfective] (Polish), oczernić [perfective] (Polish), conspurcar (Portuguese), denegrir (Portuguese), черни́ть (černítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очерня́ть (očernjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очерни́ть (očernítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), očierniť (Slovak), tiznar (Spanish), svärta ner (Swedish) Disambiguation of 'defame, sully': 4 1 4 90 2
  5. (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: blacken-en-verb-zaQdAYoi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blackened crust

Inflected forms

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    }
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        "3": "blaknen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English blaknen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "form": "blackens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "blackening",
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          "_dis": "27 14 20 19 19",
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)",
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157",
          "text": "Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.",
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        "To cause to be or become black."
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To become black."
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        "(intransitive, ergative) To become black."
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          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "sense": "make black",
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          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "denigrate"
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          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "akk",
          "lang": "Akkadian",
          "roman": "/salamu/",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "𒈪"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sawwada",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "سَوَّدَ"
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          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "qaralamaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "qaraltmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "počernjam",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "почерням"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "ennegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "nigrigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "mustata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "noircir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "ennegrecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "schwärzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "amavróno",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "αμαυρώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "melaínō",
          "sense": "make black",
          "tags": [
            "Ancient"
          ],
          "word": "μελαίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hishkhír",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "השחיר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "nigrigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "dubhaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "annerire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "sweartian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "siyâh kardan",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "سیاه کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make black",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "czernić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make black",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaczernić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "enegrecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "înnegri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "černítʹ",
          "sense": "make black",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "черни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "začernítʹ",
          "sense": "make black",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зачерни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "začierniť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "ennegrecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "svärta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 46 23 0 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "nalupucēyu",
          "sense": "make black",
          "word": "నలుపుచేయు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iswadda",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "اِسْوَدَّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "qaralmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "čarnjécʹ",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "чарне́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pačarnjécʹ",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "пачарне́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "počernjavam",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "почернявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "nigriĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "musteta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "mustaantua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "noircir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "befeketedik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "nigreskar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "czernieć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sczernieć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "poczernieć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "enegrecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "černétʹ",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "черне́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "počernétʹ",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "почерне́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "sčernieť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "stmavnúť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "zotmieť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "svartna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "nallabaḍu",
          "sense": "become black",
          "word": "నల్లబడు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čorníty",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "чорні́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "počorníty",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "почорні́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 73 0 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zčorníty",
          "sense": "become black",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зчорні́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make dirty."
      ],
      "id": "blacken-en-verb-4V5i8FFu",
      "links": [
        [
          "causative",
          "causative"
        ],
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, causative) To make dirty."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 92 4 0",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "dirty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 92 4 0",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "soil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "qaralamaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "çirkləndirmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "batırmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "capam",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "цапам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "liata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "souiller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "sporcare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "páčkatʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "па́чкать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispáčkatʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "испа́чкать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapáčkatʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запа́чкать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "marátʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мара́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izmarátʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "измара́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zamarátʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "замара́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zagrjaznjátʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "загрязня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zagrjaznítʹ",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "загрязни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 4 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "make dirty",
          "word": "svärta"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To defame or sully."
      ],
      "id": "blacken-en-verb-KFiBU0rt",
      "links": [
        [
          "defame",
          "defame"
        ],
        [
          "sully",
          "sully"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 5 74 2",
          "sense": "defame",
          "word": "defame"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 5 74 2",
          "sense": "defame",
          "word": "denigrate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 5 74 2",
          "sense": "defame",
          "word": "sully"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 5 74 2",
          "sense": "defame",
          "word": "taint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 16 5 74 2",
          "sense": "defame",
          "word": "tarnish"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "qaralamaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "očernjam",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "очерням"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "zwartmaken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "mustamaalata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "noircir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "salir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "amavróno",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "αμαυρώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "oczerniać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "oczernić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "conspurcar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "černítʹ",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "черни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očernjátʹ",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "очерня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očernítʹ",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "очерни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "očierniť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "tiznar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 4 90 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "defame, sully",
          "word": "svärta ner"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan."
      ],
      "id": "blacken-en-verb-zaQdAYoi",
      "links": [
        [
          "cook",
          "cook"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "coat",
          "coat"
        ],
        [
          "pepper",
          "pepper"
        ],
        [
          "sear",
          "sear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblækən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-blacken.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/En-us-blacken.ogg/En-us-blacken.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-us-blacken.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blacken"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ækən",
    "Rhymes:English/ækən/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blackened crust"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "blaknen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English blaknen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "blakkenen"
      },
      "expansion": "blakkenen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "black",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "inchoative",
        "pos2": "verbal suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "black + -en (verbal suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black + -en (verbal suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blackens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blackening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blackened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blackened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blacken (third-person singular simple present blackens, present participle blackening, simple past and past participle blackened)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157",
          "text": "Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to be or become black."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "causative",
          "causative"
        ],
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become black."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, ergative) To become black."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make dirty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "causative",
          "causative"
        ],
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, causative) To make dirty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To defame or sully."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defame",
          "defame"
        ],
        [
          "sully",
          "sully"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cook",
          "cook"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "coat",
          "coat"
        ],
        [
          "pepper",
          "pepper"
        ],
        [
          "sear",
          "sear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblækən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-blacken.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/En-us-blacken.ogg/En-us-blacken.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-us-blacken.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "black"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "denigrate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "dirty"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "soil"
    },
    {
      "sense": "defame",
      "word": "defame"
    },
    {
      "sense": "defame",
      "word": "denigrate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "defame",
      "word": "sully"
    },
    {
      "sense": "defame",
      "word": "taint"
    },
    {
      "sense": "defame",
      "word": "tarnish"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "/salamu/",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "𒈪"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sawwada",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "سَوَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "qaralamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "qaraltmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "počernjam",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "почерням"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "ennegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "nigrigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "mustata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "noircir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "ennegrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "schwärzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amavróno",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "αμαυρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "melaínō",
      "sense": "make black",
      "tags": [
        "Ancient"
      ],
      "word": "μελαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hishkhír",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "השחיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "nigrigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "dubhaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "annerire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "sweartian"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "siyâh kardan",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "سیاه کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make black",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "czernić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make black",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaczernić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "enegrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "înnegri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "černítʹ",
      "sense": "make black",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "черни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "začernítʹ",
      "sense": "make black",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зачерни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "začierniť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "ennegrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "svärta"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nalupucēyu",
      "sense": "make black",
      "word": "నలుపుచేయు"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "qaralamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "çirkləndirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "batırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "capam",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "цапам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "liata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "souiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "sporcare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páčkatʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "па́чкать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispáčkatʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "испа́чкать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapáčkatʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запа́чкать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "marátʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мара́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izmarátʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "измара́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamarátʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "замара́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagrjaznjátʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "загрязня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagrjaznítʹ",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "загрязни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make dirty",
      "word": "svärta"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "qaralamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očernjam",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "очерням"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "zwartmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "mustamaalata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "noircir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "salir"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amavróno",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "αμαυρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oczerniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oczernić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "conspurcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "černítʹ",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "черни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očernjátʹ",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "очерня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očernítʹ",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "очерни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "očierniť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "tiznar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "defame, sully",
      "word": "svärta ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iswadda",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "اِسْوَدَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "qaralmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "čarnjécʹ",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "чарне́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pačarnjécʹ",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пачарне́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "počernjavam",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "почернявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "nigriĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "musteta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "mustaantua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "noircir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "befeketedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "nigreskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "czernieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sczernieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poczernieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "enegrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "černétʹ",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "черне́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "počernétʹ",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "почерне́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "sčernieť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "stmavnúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "zotmieť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "svartna"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nallabaḍu",
      "sense": "become black",
      "word": "నల్లబడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čorníty",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "чорні́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "počorníty",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "почорні́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zčorníty",
      "sense": "become black",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зчорні́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blacken"
}

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