What part of speech is blacks?

Blacks can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. blacks is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of black (infinitive).
  • 2. blacks is a noun, plural of black.

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Verb

Noun

What does blacks mean?

Definitions

Verb
black - To make black, to blacken.
black - To apply blacking to something.
black - To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

Noun
Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
black - the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
black - (board games) the darker pieces
black - black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
Black - popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
Black - British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
black - total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"
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Examples of blacks

#   Sentence  
1. noun In the early days of American history, blacks lived in slavery.
2. noun Two blacks do not make a white.
3. noun The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.
4. noun Suddenly, there was a period of terrible violence and hatred between blacks and whites.
5. noun He believed that blacks could win their fight for equal rights without violence.
6. noun A black race, they had thick lips, flattened noses and frizzy hair resembling, in these ways, the blacks now living on Earth.
7. noun Most blacks were too afraid to vote.
8. noun The Klan often terrorized blacks.
9. noun The blacks have to buy beer from the Koreans.
10. noun According to Islamic principles, there is no superiority of whites over blacks.
11. noun The widow wore black.
12. noun In the black of night.
13. noun Create a new layer and fill the later with black.
14. noun The fish is burnt black.
15. noun The widow was dressed in black.
16. adj. A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.
17. adj. Black leather jackets.
18. adj. As black as coal.
19. adj. Rich black soil.
20. adj. A black moonless night.
21. adj. Through the pitch-black woods.
22. adj. With feet black from playing outdoors.
23. adj. His shirt was black within an hour.
24. adj. The stock market crashed on Black Friday.
25. adj. Black deeds.
26. adj. A black lie.
27. adj. His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
28. adj. The future looked black.
29. adj. Black humor.
30. adj. Black looks.
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noun
In the early days of American history, blacks lived in slavery.
Two blacks do not make a white.
The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.
Suddenly, there was a period of terrible violence and hatred between blacks and whites.
He believed that blacks could win their fight for equal rights without violence.
A black race, they had thick lips, flattened noses and frizzy hair resembling, in these ways, the blacks now living on Earth.
Most blacks were too afraid to vote.
The Klan often terrorized blacks.
The blacks have to buy beer from the Koreans.
According to Islamic principles, there is no superiority of whites over blacks.
The widow wore black.
In the black of night.
Create a new layer and fill the later with black.
The fish is burnt black.
The widow was dressed in black.
adj.
A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.
Black leather jackets.
As black as coal.
Rich black soil.
A black moonless night.
Through the pitch-black woods.
With feet black from playing outdoors.
His shirt was black within an hour.
The stock market crashed on Black Friday.
Black deeds.
A black lie.
His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
The future looked black.
Black humor.
Black looks.
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