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Definitions of black
  1. verb
    make or become black
    "The smoke blackened the ceiling" "The ceiling blackened"
  2. noun
    popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
  3. adjective
    (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"
  4. noun
    the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

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  5. adjective
    extremely dark
    "a black moonless night" "through the pitch-black woods"
  6. noun
    British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

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  7. adjective
    stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
    "black deeds" "a black lie" "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"

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  8. adjective
    (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
    "a face black with fury"
  9. adjective
    soiled with dirt or soot
    "with feet black from playing outdoors" "his shirt was black within an hour"

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  10. adjective
    distributed or sold illicitly
    "the black economy pays no taxes"
  11. noun
    total absence of light
    "in the black of night"
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  12. adjective
    offering little or no hope
    "the future looked black"

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  13. adjective
    (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
  14. noun
    a person with African ancestry,
  15. adjective
    harshly ironic or sinister
    "black humor"

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  16. adjective
    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"
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  17. noun
    black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
    "the widow wore black"
  18. noun
    (board games) the darker pieces
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  19. adjective
    marked by anger or resentment or hostility
    "black looks" "black words"

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  20. adjective
    (of coffee) without cream or sugar

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  21. adjective
    (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
    "black propaganda"

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  22. adjective
    of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
    "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"
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