blacken

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black +‎ -en (verbal suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblækən/ Rhymes: -ækən === Verb === blacken (third-person singular simple present blackens, present participle blackening, simple past and past participle blackened) (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black. Synonyms: black, denigrate; see also Thesaurus:blacken (intransitive, ergative) To become black. Synonyms: black up, forswart, swarten (transitive, causative) To make dirty. Synonyms: dirty, soil; see also Thesaurus:dirty To defame or sully. Synonyms: defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish; see also Thesaurus:defame (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Swedish == === Noun === blacken definite singular of black