BLACKEN

blacken

Verb

  1. To make black.
  2. To make dirty.
  3. To defame or sully.
    Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
  4. To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
  5. To become black.
    The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.


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