What part of speech is blacken?

Blacken can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. blacken is a verb, present, 1st person singular of blacken (infinitive).
  • 2. blacken is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does blacken mean?

Definitions

Verb

blacken - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
blacken - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"

Examples of blacken

#   Sentence  
1. verb Hundreds of years ago, married Japanese women would blacken their teeth to beautify themselves.
2. verb His roommate would blacken her toast until it set off the fire alarm.
3. verb Blacken the chicken by cooking it on the skillet on high heat for 10 minutes per side.
4. verb Clouds blacken the sky (and everyone's mood).
5. verb Blacken the circles next to the correct answers with an HB pencil.
6. verb The world loves to blacken the radiant and to pull the lofty into the dust.
7. verb Don't blacken the fridge with your dirty fingers.
Sentence  
verb
Hundreds of years ago, married Japanese women would blacken their teeth to beautify themselves.
His roommate would blacken her toast until it set off the fire alarm.
Blacken the chicken by cooking it on the skillet on high heat for 10 minutes per side.
Clouds blacken the sky (and everyone's mood).
Blacken the circles next to the correct answers with an HB pencil.
The world loves to blacken the radiant and to pull the lofty into the dust.
Don't blacken the fridge with your dirty fingers.

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