n the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
n total absence of light
in the black of night
n British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
n popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
n a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
n (board games) the darker pieces
n black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
the widow wore black
v make or become black
The smoke blackened the ceiling The ceiling blackened
a 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
a of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.
s marked by anger or resentment or hostility
black looks black words
s offering little or no hope
the future looked black
s stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
black deeds a black lie his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
s (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
s (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
a face black with fury
s extremely dark
a black moonless night through the pitch-black woods
s harshly ironic or sinister
black humor
s (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
black propaganda
s distributed or sold illicitly
the black economy pays no taxes
s (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"- Rachel Carson
s (of coffee) without cream or sugar
s soiled with dirt or soot
with feet black from playing outdoors his shirt was black within an hour
a lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
a black-and-white cow black-and-white blooms black-and-white stripes
a not having or not capable of producing colors
black-and-white film a black-and-white TV
s of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
he rejected a black-and-white world there are no black-and-white certainties there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white