Verb: blacken bla-kun
- Make or become black
"The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened";
- melanize, melanise [Brit], black, nigrify [archaic]
- (cooking) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
"The cook blackened the chicken breast";
- char, sear, scorch
Derived forms: blackens, blackening, blackened
Type of: burn, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Blacken