"black out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-black out.ogg Forms: blacks out [present, singular, third-person], blacking out [participle, present], blacked out [participle, past], blacked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} black out (third-person singular simple present blacks out, present participle blacking out, simple past and past participle blacked out)
  1. (transitive) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink. Tags: transitive Translations (to cover with black ink): noircir (French), caviarder (French), διαγράφω (diagráfo) (Greek), μαυρίζω (mavrízo) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-black_out-en-verb-SJ8wchIZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 6 13 7 4 11 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 23 7 29 8 5 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 43 10 13 12 8 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 10 8 10 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 8 11 11 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 8 8 8 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 8 19 19 7 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 36 14 13 14 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 14 13 13 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 36 14 13 14 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 37 7 19 17 9 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 40 9 17 13 8 13 Disambiguation of 'to cover with black ink': 80 15 2 0 1 2
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To censor or cover up. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-black_out-en-verb-cnboROZ7
  3. (intransitive) To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (lose consciousness): faint, pass out Translations (lose consciousness): flauwvallen (Dutch), perdre connaissance (French), s’évanouir (French), tourner de l’œil [informal] (French), tomber dans les pommes [colloquial] (French), λιποθυμώ (lipothymó) (Greek), بایلمق (bayılmak) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-black_out-en-verb-avLfqXpX Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 23 7 29 8 5 29 Disambiguation of 'lose consciousness': 1 2 61 35 1 1 Disambiguation of 'lose consciousness': 1 2 61 35 1 1
  4. (transitive) To cause (someone) to lose consciousness. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-black_out-en-verb-IuSFVHDg
  5. (transitive) To obscure in darkness. Tags: transitive Synonyms (make dark): darken Translations (make dark): zatemnit (Czech), verduisteren (Dutch), assombrir (French), obscurcir (French), συσκοτίζω (syskotízo) (Greek), dubh às (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-black_out-en-verb-vhzx1BXu Disambiguation of 'make dark': 0 0 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'make dark': 0 0 0 0 100 0
  6. (intransitive) To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-black_out-en-verb-Ud5wZswA Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 23 7 29 8 5 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black-out [noun], blackout [noun] Related terms: brown out, gray out, grey out, white out

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 May 10, “Press Serial Story: Girl In A Blackout”, in Pittsburgh Press:",
          "text": "The Venetian blinds and the drapes, she thought, would completely black out the room from the ocean side.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obscure in darkness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To obscure in darkness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The countryside blacked out to avoid helping enemy aircraft.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "word": "faint"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "word": "pass out"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make dark",
      "word": "darken"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cover with black ink",
      "word": "noircir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cover with black ink",
      "word": "caviarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diagráfo",
      "sense": "to cover with black ink",
      "word": "διαγράφω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mavrízo",
      "sense": "to cover with black ink",
      "word": "μαυρίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "word": "flauwvallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "word": "perdre connaissance"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "word": "s’évanouir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "tourner de l’œil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tomber dans les pommes"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lipothymó",
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "word": "λιποθυμώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bayılmak",
      "sense": "lose consciousness",
      "word": "بایلمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make dark",
      "word": "zatemnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make dark",
      "word": "verduisteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make dark",
      "word": "assombrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make dark",
      "word": "obscurcir"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syskotízo",
      "sense": "make dark",
      "word": "συσκοτίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "make dark",
      "word": "dubh às"
    }
  ],
  "word": "black out"
}

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