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black

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adjective

ˈblak How to pronounce black (audio)
1
: having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black (see black entry 2 sense 2)
a black sweater
a black dog
as black as coal
2
Black or less commonly black
a
: of or relating to any of various population groups of especially African ancestry often considered as having dark pigmentation of the skin but in fact having a wide range of skin colors
Black Americans

Note: Capitalization of Black in this use is now widely established.

b
: of or relating to Black people and often especially to African American people or their culture
Black literature
a Black college
Black pride
Black studies

Note: Capitalization of Black in this use is now widely established.

3
: dressed in black (see black entry 2 sense 2)
playing for the black team
4
: dirty, soiled
hands black with grime
5
a
: characterized by the absence of light
a black night
b
: reflecting or transmitting little or no light
black water
c
: served without milk or cream
black coffee
6
a
old-fashioned + literary : thoroughly sinister or evil : wicked
When the King heard of this black deed, in his grief and rage he denounced relentless war against his Barons … Charles Dickens
b
: indicative of condemnation or discredit
got a black mark for being late
c
: heavy, serious
the play was a black intrigue
7
: connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil
black magic
the black arts
8
a
: very sad, gloomy, or calamitous
black despair
b
: marked by the occurrence of disaster
black Friday
9
a
: characterized by hostility or angry discontent : sullen
black resentment filled his heart
b
: distorted or darkened by anger
his face was black with rage
10
: having dark skin, hair, and eyes
the black Irish
11
chiefly British : subject to boycott by trade-union members as employing or favoring nonunion workers or as operating under conditions considered unfair by the trade union
a ship that was declared black by the union
12
a
of propaganda : conducted so as to appear to originate within an enemy country and designed to weaken enemy morale
Black propaganda … is the business of going to elaborate ends to spread half-true, misleading or downright false information to get your enemy in trouble. Everett G. Martin
b
: characterized by or connected with the use of black propaganda
Press reports say that in addition to dropping leaflets over urban areas, messages were broadcast over two "black" radio stations, … both of which were operated by the CIA. Strategic Intelligence
13
: characterized by grim, distorted, or grotesque satire
black humor
14
: of or relating to covert intelligence operations
black government programs
15
: having a very deep or low register (see register entry 1 sense 4b)
a bass with a black voice
blackish
ˈbla-kish How to pronounce black (audio)
adjective
blackly adverb

black

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noun

1
: a pigment or dye of the color black : a black pigment or dye
especially : one consisting largely of carbon
2
: the achromatic (see achromatic sense 3) color of least lightness characteristically perceived to belong to objects that neither reflect nor transmit light
walls painted in black
3
: something that is black: such as
a
: black clothing
looks good in black
b
: a black animal (such as a horse)
c
baseball : the narrow, black edge of home plate
a pitch on the black [=a pitch that crosses over the very edge of home plate]
4
Black or less commonly black
a
: a person belonging to any of various population groups of especially African ancestry often considered as having dark pigmentation of the skin but in fact having a wide range of skin colors

Note: Capitalization of Black in this use is now widely established.

b
: african american

Note: Capitalization of Black in this use is now widely established.

Note: Use of the noun Black in the singular to refer to a person is considered offensive. The plural form Blacks is still commonly used by Black people and others to refer to Black people as a group or community, but the plural form too is increasingly considered offensive, and most style guides advise writers to use Black people rather than Blacks when practical.

5
in board games : the pieces of a dark color in a board game for two players (such as chess)
black moves second
6
: total or nearly total absence of light
the black of night
7
: the condition of making a profit
—usually used with the
operating in the black
 compare red sense 6

black

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verb

blacked; blacking; blacks

intransitive verb

: to become black (see black entry 1) : blacken
As she leaned against the stone cross … , the sky blacked with clouds. Hugh Coleman Davidson

transitive verb

1
: to make black
blacked his boots
2
chiefly British : to declare (something, such as a business or industry) subject to boycott by trade-union members

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