VERB | change | melanize, melanise | convert into, or infiltrate with melanin |
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change | melanize, blacken, melanise, black | make or become black |
Meaning | convert into, or infiltrate with melanin. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | melanise | |
Broader | convert | change in nature, purpose, or function |
Spanish | melanizar | |
Nouns | melanin | insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers |
Meaning | make or become black. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | blacken, 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 | |
Nouns | melanin | insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers |
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