| VERB | change | blacken, melanize, melanise, black | make or become black |
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| change | blacken, char, sear, scorch | burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color / color |
| Sounds | blae'kahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make or become black. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | melanize, melanise, black | |
| Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| Opposite | whiten, white | Turn white |
| Spanish | ennegrecerse, ennegrecer, entiznarse, tiznarse, tiznar | |
| Catalan | encarbonar-se, encarbonar, ennegrir-se, ennegrir, ensutjar | |
| Meaning | Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color / color. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The cook blackened the chicken breast" | |
| Synonyms | char, sear, scorch | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Narrower | singe, swinge | Burn superficially or lightly |
| Broader | burn | Burn with heat, fire, or radiation |
| Spanish | achicharrar, carbonizar, chamuscar, requemar | |
| Catalan | abrusar, bleir, carbonitzar, recremar | |
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