(transitive) To make black; to blacken. / (transitive) To apply blacking to (something). / (Britain, transitive) To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. / (of a place, etc) Without light.

present participle of black

A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating. / Shoe polish. / A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

plural of black / A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press. / (UK) Soot flying in the air. / Black garments, etc.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black

simple past tense and past participle of black

plural of blacking

Obsolete form of black.

(intransitive, uncommon) To regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.