Blaberus
Blaberus

black


Definition: Meaning of, black in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / blak /

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black blacker blackest
  1. colour having the darkest colour, like coal or night
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  2. no light very dark because there is no light
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  3. people also Black belonging to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin [↪  white]
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  4. people also Black [only before noun] relating to black people
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  5. drink [only before noun] black coffee or tea does not have milk in it
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  6. dirty informal very dirty
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  7. without hope sad and without hope for the future
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  8. humour making jokes about serious subjects, especially death
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  9. angry [only before noun] full of feelings of anger or hate [↪  blackly]
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  10. a black mark (against somebody) if there is a black mark against you, someone has a bad opinion of you because of something you have done
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  11. not be as black as you are painted not to be as bad as people say you are
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  12. bad literary very bad
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black blacks
  1. [uncountable and countable] the dark colour of coal or night
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  2. [countable] also Black someone who belongs to the race of people who originally came from Africa and who have dark brown skin [↪  white]
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  3. be in the black to have money in your bank account
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
black blacked blacked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
blacking blacks
[transitive]
  1. British English if a TRADE UNION blacks goods or a company, it refuses to work with them
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  2. old-fashioned to make something black
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Black


Definition: Meaning of, Black in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / blæk /

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  1. 1728-1799 british chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat
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    Joseph Black
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  2. or whose ancestors came from Africa a person with dark skin who comes from Africa
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    Black person, Negro
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  3. born in 1928 popular child actress of the 1930's
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    Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple
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Black used in phrases

  • American black bear (noun)
    1. brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
  • Asian black grouse (noun)
    1. a black grouse of western Asia
  • Asiatic black bear (noun)
    1. bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
  • Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
    1. a NURSERY RHYME (= old song or poem for young children) The rhyme goes: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,/ Have you any wool?/Yes, sir, yes, sir/ Three bags full./ One for the master,/ One for the dame,/ and one for the little boy/ who lives down the lane.
  • Black Africa
    1. the part of Africa below the SAHARA Desert, where most of the people are black
  • Black African (noun)
    1. an African who is Black
  • Black American (noun)
    1. an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
  • Black Beauty
    1. the name of the horse that is the main character in the children's book Black Beauty (1877) by Anna Sewell
  • Black Country
    1. the Black Country an industrial area in the West Midlands of England
  • Black Death (noun)
    1. the Black Death the illness that killed large numbers of people in Europe and Asia in the 14th century
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Black used in phrasal verbs

  • black out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] to suddenly become unconscious
    2. [transitive] to prevent someone from reading or seeing something by covering it with something dark
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