blacken
v.
make black, darken
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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blackened
Adjective
1. darkened by smoke; "blackened rafters"
(similar) smoky
2. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury"
(synonym) black
(similar) colored, coloured, colorful
blacken
Verb
1. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
(synonym) melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
(antonym) whiten, white
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
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"
(synonym) char, scorch
(hypernym) burn
(hyponym) singe, swinge
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation