vverb.changemake or become blackSynset:black blacken melanise melanize
Examples:- The smoke blackened the ceiling
- The ceiling blackened
Antonyms:whiten
Derivationally Related Form:melaninblack
Hypernyms:color colour discolor discolour
Inherited Hypernyms:blackendiscolorchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.changeburn slightly and superficially so as to affect colorTopic:cookerycookingpreparation
Synset:blacken char scorch sear
Examples:- The cook blackened the chicken breast
- The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
- the flames scorched the ceiling
Derivationally Related Form:scorch
Hypernyms:burn
Inherited Hypernyms:charburndamagechange
Direct Hyponyms:singeswinge
Full Troponyms:singe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.alldarkened by smokeAntonyms:smokeless
Inherited Hypernyms:blackened
Similar to:smoky
adj satadj.all(of the face) made black especially as with suffused bloodSynset:black
Antonyms:uncolored
Inherited Hypernyms:black
Similar to:colored colorful coloured