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# blacken

verb (blackens, blackened, blackening)

«blacken» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make something black or very dark, such as with soot, smoke or charcoal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blacken/#m1)
2. To blacken someone's name is to say bad things about them so others think less of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blacken/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a person blackens their face or moustache with burnt cork or charcoal; the smoke blackened the walls

### Examples

- The smoke blackened the kitchen ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blacken/#x1)
- He blackened his moustache with burnt cork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blacken/#x2)
- Spilled ink blackened the tablecloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blacken/#x3)
- Lies can blacken a person's good name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blacken/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blacken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blacken/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blacken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blacken.html) on Mova free.