black
verb/blæk/
/blæk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they black | /blæk/ /blæk/ |
| he / she / it blacks | /blæks/ /blæks/ |
| past simple blacked | /blækt/ /blækt/ |
| past participle blacked | /blækt/ /blækt/ |
| -ing form blacking | /ˈblækɪŋ/ /ˈblækɪŋ/ |
- black something/somebody (British English) to refuse to deal with goods or to do business with somebody as a political protest synonym boycott
- The unions have blacked all imports from the country.
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- black something to make something black synonym blacken
Word OriginOld English blæc, of Germanic origin.
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