blacken

English Thesaurus

1. make or become black (verb.change)

hypernym	:	color, colour, discolor, discolour,
definition	:	change color, often in an undesired manner (verb.change)

2. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color (verb.change)

hypernym	:	burn,
definition	:	burn with heat, fire, or radiation (verb.change)

hyponym	:	singe, swinge,
definition	:	burn superficially or lightly (verb.change)

domain category	:	cookery, cooking, preparation,
definition	:	the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat (noun.act)

3. make or become black (verb.change)

antonym	:	white, whiten,
definition	:	turn white (verb.change)

derivation	:	black, blackness, inkiness,
definition	:	the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	melanin,
definition	:	insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers (noun.substance)

4. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color (verb.change)

derivation	:	scorch, singe,
definition	:	a surface burn (noun.state)

5. make or become black (verb.change)

antonym	:	white, whiten,
definition	:	turn white (verb.change)

derivation	:	black, blackness, inkiness,
definition	:	the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	melanin,
definition	:	insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers (noun.substance)

6. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color (verb.change)

derivation	:	scorch, singe,
definition	:	a surface burn (noun.state)