Black

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Mục lục 1 Adjective 1.1 lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it. 1.2 characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness 1.3 ( sometimes initial capital letter ) 1.4 soiled or stained with dirt 1.5 gloomy; pessimistic; dismal 1.6 deliberately; harmful; inexcusable 1.7 boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening 1.8 (of coffee or tea) without milk or cream. 1.9 without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked 1.10 indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment 1.11 marked by disaster or misfortune 1.12 wearing black or dark clothing or armor 1.13 based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life 1.14 (of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc. 1.15 illegal or underground 1.16 showing a profit; not showing any losses 1.17 deliberately false or intentionally misleading 1.18 British . boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union. 1.19 (of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished. 2 Noun 2.1 the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. Compare white ( def. 19 ) . 2.2 ( sometimes initial capital letter ) 2.3 black clothing, esp. as a sign of mourning 2.4 Chess, Checkers . the dark-colored men or pieces or squares. 2.5 black pigment 2.6 Slang . black beauty. 2.7 a horse or other animal that is entirely black. 3 Verb (used with object) 3.1 to make black; put black on; blacken. 3.2 British . to boycott or ban. 3.3 to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking. 4 Verb (used without object) 4.1 to become black; take on a black color; blacken. 5 Adverb 5.1 (of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream. ? 6 Verb phrase 6.1 black out, 7 Idioms 7.1 black and white 7.2 black or white, completely either one way or another 7.3 in the black 8 Antonyms 8.1 adjective 8.2 noun 9 Synonyms 9.1 adjective 9.2 noun 9.3 verb 9.4 phrasal verb

Adjective

lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.

characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness

a black night.

( sometimes initial capital letter )

pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.

African-American.

soiled or stained with dirt

That shirt was black within an hour.

gloomy; pessimistic; dismal

a black outlook.

deliberately; harmful; inexcusable

a black lie.

boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening

black words; black looks.

(of coffee or tea) without milk or cream.

without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked

His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.

indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment

a black mark on one's record.

marked by disaster or misfortune

black areas of drought; Black Friday.

wearing black or dark clothing or armor

the black prince.

based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life

black comedy; black humor.

(of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc.

Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports.

illegal or underground

The black economy pays no taxes.

showing a profit; not showing any losses

the first black quarter in two years.

deliberately false or intentionally misleading

black propaganda.

British . boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union.

(of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished.

Noun

the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. Compare white ( def. 19 ) .

( sometimes initial capital letter )

a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, esp. those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.

African-American.

black clothing, esp. as a sign of mourning

He wore black at the funeral.

Chess, Checkers . the dark-colored men or pieces or squares.

black pigment

lamp black.

Slang . black beauty.

a horse or other animal that is entirely black.

Verb (used with object)

to make black; put black on; blacken.

British . to boycott or ban.

to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking.

Verb (used without object)

to become black; take on a black color; blacken.

Adverb

(of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream. ?

Verb phrase

black out,

to lose consciousness

He blacked out at the sight of blood.

to erase, obliterate, or suppress

News reports were blacked out.

to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.

When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely.

Theater . to extinguish all of the stage lights.

to make or become inoperable

to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S.

Military . to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids.

Radio and Television . to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area).

to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period

The special air fare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend.

Idioms

black and white

print or writing

I want that agreement in black and white.

a monochromatic picture done with black and white only.

a chocolate soda containing vanilla ice cream.

black or white, completely either one way or another

without any intermediate state.

in the black

operating at a profit or being out of debt ( opposed to in the red )

New production methods put the company in the black.

Antonyms

adjective

white , hopeful , optimistic , clean , happy , good

noun

caucasian , white

Synonyms

adjective

atramentous , brunet , charcoal , clouded , coal , dingy , dusky , ebon , ebony , inklike , jet , livid , melanoid , murky , obsidian , onyx , piceous , pitch , pitch-dark , raven , sable , shadowy , slate , sloe , somber , sombre , sooty , starless , stygian , swart , swarthy , atrocious , bleak , depressing , depressive , dismal , dispiriting , distressing , doleful , dreary , foreboding , funereal , gloomy , horrible , lugubrious , mournful , ominous , oppressive , sad , sinister , threatening , filthy , foul , grimy , grubby , impure , nasty , soiled , spotted , squalid , stained , unclean , uncleanly , enraged , fierce , furious , hostile , menacing , resentful , sour , sullen , bad , diabolical , iniquitous , mean , nefarious , villainous , wicked , inky , jetty , pitch-black , pitchy , dark , smutty , immoral , peccant , reprobate , sinful , vicious , wrong , blue , cheerless , desolate , glum , joyless , tenebrific , despiteful , evil , hateful , malicious , malign , malignant , poisonous , spiteful , venomous , achromatic , blackish , cimmerian , color , dirty , discreditable , ethiopian , forbidding , grim , lowering , monochrome , negro , nigrescent , papuan

noun

african , afro-american , negro , blackness , ethiopian , negritude , nigrescence , nigritude , papuan , smooch , stain

verb

befoul , begrime , besmirch , besoil , blacken , defile , smudge , smutch , soil , sully

phrasal verb

faint , keel over , pass out , swoon , ban , hush , stifle , suppress