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"The smoke blackened the ceiling" "The ceiling blackened"verbmake or become blackOpposite:
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"The cook blackened the chicken breast"verbburn slightly and superficially so as to affect colortype of:
Definition that contains blacken
- blackheart any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- pear blight a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees
- silver willow North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
- salix alba sericea North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
- salix sericea North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
- fire blight a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees
- silky willow North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying