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black definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb black Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb black Entailment of verb black Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb black 1 sense of black Sense 1 blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black => discolor, discolour, colour, color Familiarity of verb black black used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb black Sense 1 blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black => discolor, discolour, colour, color -------------- Grep of noun black american black bear asian black grouse asiatic black bear black black-and-tan coonhound black-and-tan terrier black-backed gull black-billed cuckoo black-body radiation black-capped chickadee black-crowned night heron black-eyed pea black-eyed susan black-eyed susan vine black-footed albatross black-footed ferret black-fronted bush shrike black-headed snake black-legged tick black-necked cobra black-necked grebe black-necked stilt black-necked stork black-stem spleenwort black-stemmed spleenwort black-tailed deer black-winged stilt black africa black african black and gold garden spider black and tan black and white black angus black apricot black archangel black art black ash black bamboo black bass black bead black bean black bear black bearberry black bee black beech black belt black bile black bindweed black birch black body black book black box black bread black bream black bryony black buck black buffalo black calla black caraway black carpet beetle black cat black catechu black cherry black cherry tree black cock black cohosh black comedy black cottonwood black crappie black currant black cypress pine black death black diamond black disease black duck black elder black elderberry black english black english vernacular black eye black felt cup black flag black fly black forest black fox black friar black fritillary black grama black greasewood black grouse black guillemot black gum black hand black haw black hellebore black hemlock black henbane black hickory black hills black hole black hollander black horehound black huckleberry black humor black humour black ice black jack pershing black kite black knapweed black knot black larch black lead black letter black locust black lovage black lung black lung disease black magic black maire black mallee black mamba black man black mangrove black margate black maria black market black marketeer black marlin black medick black morel black moss black mulberry black music black muslim black mustard black nightshade black oak black olive black opal black panther black panthers black pea black pepper black person black pine black plague black poplar black prince black pudding black race black racer black raspberry black rat black rat snake black rhinoceros black rockweed black root rot fungus black rot black rudderfish black sage black sally black salsify black saltwort black sea black sea bass black sheep black snakeroot black spleenwort black spot black spruce black squirrel black stork black sumac black swan black tai black tea black tie black tongue black tree fern black turnstone black vomit black vulture black walnut black walnut tree black wattle black weevil black whale black widow black willow black woman blackamoor blackback flounder blackball blackbeard blackbeetle blackberry blackberry-lily blackberry bush blackbird blackboard blackboard eraser blackbody blackbody radiation blackbuck blackburn blackburnian warbler blackcap blackcap raspberry blackcock blackdamp blackening blackface blackfish blackfly blackfoot blackfoot daisy blackfriar blackguard blackhead blackheart blackheart cherry blacking blackjack blackjack oak blackleg blacklist blackmail blackmailer blackmouth bass blackness blackout blackpoll blackpool blacksburg blackseed blackshirt blacksmith blacksnake blacktail blacktail deer blacktail jackrabbit blacktail prairie dog blackthorn blacktip shark blacktop blacktopping blackwall hitch blackwater blackwater fever blackwood blackwood tree bootblack california black oak california black walnut carbon black chinese black mushroom coal black european black alder european black currant european black grouse great black-backed gull ivory black japanese black pine jet black joseph black kentucky black bass lampblack largemouth black bass largemouthed black bass little black ant mexican black cherry oriental black mushroom pitch black platinum black shirley temple black shoe black shoeblack smallmouth black bass smallmouthed black bass soot black spotted black bass welsh black western black-legged tick Overview of noun black The noun black has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) black, blackness -- (the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)) 2. total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black -- (total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night") 3. Black, Joseph Black -- (British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)) 4. Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple -- (popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)) 5. Black, black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid -- (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)) 6. black -- ((chess or checkers) the darker pieces) 7. black -- (black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black") Overview of verb black The verb black has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black -- (make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened") Overview of adj black The adj black has 15 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (56) black, achromatic -- (being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil") 2. (4) black -- (of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.) 3. (4) black -- (marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words") 4. (3) black, dark, sinister -- (stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy) 5. (2) black, bleak, dim -- (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things") 6. (2) black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful -- ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error") 7. (1) black, blackened -- ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury") 8. (1) black, pitch-black, pitch-dark -- (extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler") 9. black, grim, mordant -- (harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit") 10. black -- ((of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda") 11. bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled -- (distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes) 12. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful -- ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice") 13. black -- ((of coffee) without cream or sugar) 14. black -- (dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars") 15. black -- (soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour") Antonyms of adj black 15 senses of black Sense 1 black (vs. white), achromatic white (vs. black), achromatic => albescent Sense 2 black (vs. white) white (vs. black) => caucasian, caucasoid => light-skinned Sense 3 black INDIRECT (VIA angry) -> unangry Sense 4 black, dark, sinister INDIRECT (VIA evil) -> good Sense 5 black, bleak, dim INDIRECT (VIA hopeless) -> hopeful Sense 6 black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful INDIRECT (VIA unfortunate) -> fortunate Sense 7 black, blackened INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured Sense 8 black, pitch-black, pitch-dark INDIRECT (VIA dark) -> light Sense 9 black, grim, mordant INDIRECT (VIA sarcastic) -> unsarcastic Sense 10 black INDIRECT (VIA covert) -> overt, open Sense 11 bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled INDIRECT (VIA illegal) -> legal Sense 12 black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful INDIRECT (VIA dishonorable) -> honorable, honourable Sense 13 black INDIRECT (VIA undiluted) -> diluted, dilute Sense 14 black INDIRECT (VIA clothed) -> unclothed Sense 15 black INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean Similarity of adj black 15 senses of black Sense 1 black (vs. white), achromatic Also See-> dark#2 Sense 2 black (vs. white) => African-American, Afro-American => colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned => negro => negroid Sense 3 black => angry (vs. unangry) Sense 4 black, dark, sinister => evil (vs. good), wicked Sense 5 black, bleak, dim => hopeless (vs. hopeful) Sense 6 black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful => unfortunate (vs. fortunate) Sense 7 black, blackened => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, in color(prenominal), colorful Sense 8 black, pitch-black, pitch-dark => dark (vs. light) Sense 9 black, grim, mordant => sarcastic (vs. unsarcastic) Sense 10 black => covert (vs. overt) Sense 11 bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled => illegal (vs. legal) Sense 12 black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful => dishonorable (vs. honorable), dishonourable Sense 13 black => undiluted (vs. diluted) Sense 14 black => clothed (vs. unclothed), clad Sense 15 black => dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean Attributes of adj black 1 of 15 senses of black Sense 1 black (vs. white), achromatic => value Familiarity of adj black black used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 15) Grep of adj black antiblack black black-and-blue black-and-white black-haired black-market black-tie black and white blackened blackguardly blackish blacktopped blue-black coal-black ink-black inky-black jet-black pitch-black Overview of noun black The noun black has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) black, blackness -- (the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)) 2. total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black -- (total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night") 3. Black, Joseph Black -- (British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)) 4. Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple -- (popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)) 5. Black, black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid -- (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)) 6. black -- ((chess or checkers) the darker pieces) 7. black -- (black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black") Overview of verb black The verb black has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black -- (make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened") Overview of adj black The adj black has 15 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (56) black, achromatic -- (being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil") 2. (4) black -- (of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.) 3. (4) black -- (marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words") 4. (3) black, dark, sinister -- (stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy) 5. (2) black, bleak, dim -- (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things") 6. (2) black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful -- ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error") 7. (1) black, blackened -- ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury") 8. (1) black, pitch-black, pitch-dark -- (extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler") 9. black, grim, mordant -- (harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit") 10. black -- ((of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda") 11. bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled -- (distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes) 12. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful -- ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice") 13. black -- ((of coffee) without cream or sugar) 14. black -- (dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars") 15. black -- (soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour")
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