Antonym: white. Similar words: black out, blackcurrant, for lack of, blade, blast, blank, blanket, place. Meaning: [blæk] 
n. 1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) 2. total absence of light 3. British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) 4. popular child actress of the 1930’s (born in 1928) 5. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) 6. (board games) the darker pieces 7. black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning). v. make or become black. adj. 1. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light 2. of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin 3. marked by anger or resentment or hostility 4. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable 5. offering little or no hope 6. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin 7. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood 8. extremely dark 9. harshly ironic or sinister 10. (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading 11. distributed or sold illicitly 12. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame 13. (of coffee) without cream or sugar 14. dressed in black 15. soiled with dirt or soot.
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1 Black will take no other hue. 
2 After black clouds, clear weather.
3 The black ox has trod on his foot.
4 Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs.
5 Every bean has its black.
6 The pot calls the kettle black.
7 The kettle calls the pot black.
8 There is a black sheep in every flock.
9 The devil is not so black as he is painted.
10 Her hair was tied back with a black ribbon.
11 His black hair gleamed in the sun.
12 Most of the guests will be wearing black tie.
13 I hope these black marks will clean off.
14 Gray is intermediate between black and white.
15 The black ox has trod on her foot.
16 The women have lustrous cascades of black hair.
17 Can you find Black Hill on the map?
18 The group is mainly black,[sentencedict.com][www.Sentencedict.com] mainly working-class.
19 The black crow perched on the telephone pole.
20 The pictures were in black and white.
21 The air was black from smoking chimneys.
22 Our cat has glossy black fur.
23 Tom is the black sheep of his family.
24 It was a cold, black night.
25 Those black clouds presage a storm.
26 He wore a pair of black trousers.
27 Black John was savaged by the police.
28 There was a thriving black market in foreign currency.
29 Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.
30 It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.
More similar words: black out, blackcurrant, for lack of, blade, blast, blank, blanket, place, palace, replace, in place, laconic, in place of, take place, placement, out of place, workplace, marketplace, replacement, rack, pack, back, sack, take the place of, stack, track, crack, in the first place, back of, back up.
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Who served. Because of manpower shortages, George Washington lifted the ban on,
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Of the Elementary Particles? «. These solutions cut and pasted Schwarzschild,
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In Australia. Despite some technical and weather difficulties, ghostly,
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To see yellows where crops are infested, shades of red indicating crop health,
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The military governor of Tennessee, encouraging him to lead the way in raising,
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Within the span of a single day. Several of Tarkovsky’s films have color or,
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BC, Horace refers to the wax abacus, a board covered with a thin layer of,
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By a new law. So Einstein proposed that the path of a singular solution, like a,
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More slender muzzle, sharper ears utilized in the hunt for harvester termites,
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A similar material. Bitumen is sometimes incorrectly called» tar» ( tar is a,
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Use belts to distinguish practitioners’ grades, often simply white and,
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With high contrast colors (such as white on
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In 1980,Cuban Agnaldo Ta mayo Méndez became the first person of Hispanic and,
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Asphalt or bitumen can sometimes be confused with tar, which is a similar,
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And is measured on a scale from zero for no reflecting power of a perfectly,
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Print adhesive keyboard stickers in high contrast colors (such as white on,
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Black troops, Lincoln wrote,» The bare sight of 50,000 armed and drilled,
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,soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi would end the rebellion at once «. By -
Astrophysics. It provides the foundation for the current understanding of,
black
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Best, which doth shine like purple, being of a strong scent & weightier, but the,
black
,and Fowler is naught for it is adulterated with Pitch mixed with it. It grows -
Demands for independence, provoking an armed conflict that started in 1961 when,
black
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Carboxylic acids Nucleic acids Asphalt also known as bitumen is a sticky,
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After 1890,a coalition of whites passed laws to segregate and disenfranchise,
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Of the affair. When first informed he disbelieved the crow and turned all crows,
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The Dutch ruled Luanda from 1640 to 1648 as Fort Hardenberg. They were seeking,
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Popularly known as the Oscar statuette. Made of gold-plated Britannia on a,
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Are non-linear, a lump of energy made out of pure gravitational fields, like a,
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Stickers in high contrast colors (such as white on
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Actions were precipitated by ad hoc, leaderless,anonymous cadres known as,
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Abortifacient properties have been used in folk medicine: tansy, pennyroyal,
black
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And other inhabitants of the eastern Mediterranean. It could be any color:,
black
, red, green,blue. Accordingly, the modern study of marine and freshwater algae -
Such as the Red Shirts and White League, that acted more openly to suppress,
black
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Reach to just below the elbow. Most aikido systems add a pair of wide pleated,
black
,or indigo trousers called a hakama. In many styles, its use is reserved for -
Shadowed cavities can achieve an effective albedo approaching the zero of a,
black
,body. When seen from a distance, the ocean surface has a low albedo, as do most -
Language. #In the same late colonial period, the legal discrimination of the,
black
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Where they would be exchanged for slaves. Within the Portuguese Empire, most,
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, African slaves were traded to Portuguese merchants who bought them to sell as -
Vote. By 1903,only 2,980 had qualified to register, although at least 74,000,
black
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Conflict that started in 1961 when
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guerrillas attacked both white and,
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Movement in the United States. He describes the treatment of» our innocent,
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,brothers whom force and injustice have delivered into the slave-master’s -
Black feet» ). Some apocryphal sources suggest the title comes from the,
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Oak forests and vegetation are found on higher altitudes. Vast forests of,
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Of goods for survival. The African slave trade provided many,
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Another all-
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unit came from Haiti with French forces. At least 5,000,
black
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After Algeria’s 1962 independence, the Europeans were called Pieds-Noirs («,
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Vegetables and greens. Saffron-rice plot is the flagship food in Azerbaijan and,
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In multiple theaters, and have a top commander who agreed on the use of,
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Were smeared on pewter plates and then exposed to light, thus making a,
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Definition of Black
of the darkest color, like coal or the sky at midnight
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The woman’s jet black hair was as dark as coal.
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A black cat crossed the shadowy street, blending in with the night sky.
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черный, чернокожий, темный, чернь, черный, черный цвет, чернить, ваксить
прилагательное ↓
- чёрный
black cloth — чёрное сукно 
black powder — чёрный порох
black with age — почерневший от времени
black and tan — чёрный с коричневым и подпалинами
- тёмный
- чернокожий; темнокожий
There is black blood in his veins. — В его жилах течёт негритянская кровь.
black law — закон, относящийся только к цветным
black races — чёрные расы
- (тж. Black) относящийся к чёрным американцам; негритянский
Black actors — чёрные актёры
- грязный; испачканный
His shirt was black within an hour. — Не прошло и часа, как его рубашка почернела от грязи.
black hands — грязные руки
black linen — грязное бельё
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существительное ↓
- чёрный цвет; чернота
- чёрная краска; чернь
- чёрная одежда; траурное платье
He was wearing all black. — Он был одет во всё чёрное.
the new black — хит сезона; последний писк моды (идиом.)
- грязь; сажа; чёрное пятно
you have some black on your hand — у вас на руке что-то чёрное
- чернокожий житель Африки, Австралии или Меланезии, а также его потомки
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глагол ↓
- делать чёрным; окрашивать в чёрный цвет; чернить
The soldiers used to black their faces. — Раньше солдаты чернили себе лица.
Her brother blacked her eye. — Брат поставил ей синяк под глазом.
- чистить ваксой; ваксить
He blacked his boots with polish. — Он начистил сапоги чёрным кремом.
- редк. чернить (кого-л.)
- чернеть; становиться чёрным
- бойкотировать (предприятие и т. п.) в знак протеста или в поддержку забастовки
The union has blacked a trucking firm. — Профсоюз объявил бойкот одной автотранспортной компании.
Labor union members have blacked the company. — Члены профсоюза устроили этой компании бойкот.
- запретить членам профсоюза работу на каком-л. заводе и т. п.
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Словосочетания
a mixture of grays and blacks — смесь серого и чёрного
a puddle of evil black liquid — лужа гадкой чёрной жидкости
black-robed / black-clad — одетый в траур, носящий траур
to be in smb.’s black book — быть у кого-л. в немилости
black-letter book — старопечатная книга
black-out of video signals — гашение видеосигналов
in the black — бух. без убытков; с положительным сальдо; с прибылью; в плюсе
black dog — тоска зеленая; дурное настроение, уныние
black bottle — амер. яд
black sheep of a family — паршивая овца
black area — «чёрный» район (район безработицы, инфекции, неграмотности и т. п., отмеченный на карте чёрной краской)
black gang — а) кочегары; б) группа рабочих, разгружающих уголь
as black as ink — а) чёрный как сажа; б) мрачный, безрадостный
black as hell /night, pitch, soot, my hat/ — ≅ тьма кромешная
black as sin /thunder, thundercloud/ — мрачнее тучи
black and blue — сплошь в синяках
He is not so black as he is painted. — Он не так плох, как его изображают.
black in the face — багровый (от раздражения или напряжения)
to know black from white — быть себе на уме, понимать что к чему
to swear /to prove/ black is white — называть чёрное белым, заведомо говорить неправду
to be in the black — а) вести дело с прибылью; б) быть платёжеспособным
to go into black — (начать) давать прибыль; стать рентабельным
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Примеры с переводом
He had a black suit on.
На нём был чёрный костюм.
Please write in black ink.
Пожалуйста, пишите черными чернилами.
He holds the black belt.
Он — обладатель чёрного пояса.
Black is beautiful
Черное прекрасно (лозунг негритянского освободительного движения)
The ceiling blackened.
Потолок почернел.
Black Belt
Черный пояс (южные районы США, где преобладает негритянское население)
That’s a black augury!
Это дурное предзнаменование!
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
Buffalo black 
In his promotion of burgeoning black writers, however, Hughes made no compromises.
Man…has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands
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Фразовые глаголы
black out — вычеркивать, затемнять, вымарывать, не пропускать, выключать свет, маскировать
Возможные однокоренные слова
blacken — чернить, почернеть, начернить, загорать, делать черным
blacking — чернение, вакса, гуталин, формовочные чернила
blackish — черноватый, темный, чернеющий
blackness — чернота, темнота, мрачность
blacky — негр, чернокожий, черноватый
blackly — уныло, мрачно, зло, сердито, недоброжелательно, зловредно
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: black
he/she/it: blacks
ing ф. (present participle): blacking
2-я ф. (past tense): blacked
3-я ф. (past participle): blacked
noun
ед. ч.(singular): black
мн. ч.(plural): blacks
adjective
срав. степ. (comparative): blacker
прев. степ. (superlative): blackest
Sentences with the word Black?
Black
Examples
- «A black star absorbs all matter»
- «an accusative forefinger»; «black accusatory looks»; «accusive shoes and telltale trousers»- O.Henry; «his accusing glare»
- «neutral colors like black or white»
- «a baleful look»; «forbidding thunderclouds»; «his tone became menacing»; «ominous rumblings of discontent»; «sinister storm clouds»; «a sinister smile»; «his threatening behavior»; «ugly black clouds»; «the situation became ugly»
- «chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands»; «the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps»
- «a green toad with small black stripes or bars»; «may the Stars and Stripes forever wave»
- «bright beady eyes»; «black buttony eyes»
- «black leather jackets»; «as black as coal»; «rich black soil»
- «a great people—a black people—…injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization»- Martin Luther King Jr.
- «black looks»; «black words»
- «black propaganda»
- «a face black with fury»
- «the future looked black«; «prospects were bleak»; «Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult»- J.M.Synge; «took a dim view of things»
- «the black economy pays no taxes»
- «the stock market crashed on black Friday»; «a calamitous defeat»; «the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign»; «such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory»- Charles Darwin; «it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it»- Douglas MacArthur; «a fateful error»
- «black deeds»; «a black lie»; «his black heart has concocted yet another black deed»; «Darth Vader of the dark side»; «a dark purpose»; «dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility»; «the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him»-Thomas Hardy
- «black humor»; «a grim joke»; «grim laughter»; «fun ranging from slapstick clowning … to savage mordant wit»
- «a black moonless night»; «through the pitch-black woods»; «it was pitch-dark in the cellar»
- «with feet black from playing outdoors»; «his shirt was black within an hour»
- «the widow wore black«
- «they fumbled around in total darkness»; «in the black of night»
- «black-and-white film»; «a black-and-white TV»; «the movie was in black and white»
- «his behavior gave the whole family a black eye»
- «beaten black and blue»; «livid bruises»
- «a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium»
- «black-bordered handkerchief»
- «bright silver candlesticks»; «a burnished brass knocker»; «she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves»; «rows of shining glasses»; «shiny black patents»
- «the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action»; «black smoke coiling up into the sky»; «the young people gyrated on the dance floor»
- «The child colored the drawings»; «Fall colored the trees»; «colorize black and white film»
- «sitting in a dark corner»; «a dark day»; «dark shadows»; «dark as the inside of a black cat»
- «divine judgment»; «divine guidance»; «everything is black or white…satanic or godly»-Saturday Review
- «the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed»
- «he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black«
- «drudging peasants»; «the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton»; «toiling coal miners in the black deeps»
- «a black-edged card»; «rough-edged leaves»; «dried sweat left salt-edged patches»
- «Picasso’s elongated Don Quixote»; «lengthened skirts are fashionable this year»; «the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes»; «a prolonged black line across the page»
- «black lost the exchange»
- «This dress hangs well»; «Her long black hair flowed down her back»
- «the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it»; «he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it»; «the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires»
- «it was a black-tie function»
- «she likes funky clothes»; «we did it all in black and white in a very funky sixties style»
- «a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometric designs»
- «geomorphological features of the black Hills»; «morphological features of granite»; «structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth’s surface»
- «She gave him a black eye»; «The draft gave me a cold»
- «A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window»; «He passed his professor in the hall»; «One line of soldiers surpassed the other»
- «the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile»
- «bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful»
- «the black«
- «black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell»
- «The nation’s pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag»- James Traub
- «he had a black belt in the martial arts»
- «coal is a hard black material»; «wheat is the stuff they use to make bread»
- «solemn and mournful music»; «a suit of somber black«; «a somber mood»
- «it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green»
- «she preferred the black nylon number»; «this sweater is an all-wool number»
- «outside, the box is black«
- «a field patched with ice and snow»; «the wall had a spotty speckled effect»; «a black-and-white spotted cow»
- «black hair plastered with pomade»
- «The chimneys were pluming the sky»; «The engine was pluming black smoke»
- «They turned away hundreds of fans»; «black people were often rejected by country clubs»
- «The designer romanticized the little black dress»
- «glossy auburn hair»; «satiny gardenia petals»; «sleek black fur»; «silken eyelashes»; «silky skin»; «a silklike fabric»; «slick seals and otters»
- «many-seeded»; «black-seeded»
- «he wore semiformal attire»; «a black-tie dinner»
- «he had an unruly shock of black hair»
- «a simple country schoolhouse»; «her black dress—simple to austerity»
- «the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles»
- «their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind»
- «laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow»; «a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke»
- «unhampered dissemination of news»; «this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism»
- «messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom»
- «he failed to get the black vote»
- «there was a walkout by the black members as the chairman rose to speak»
- «they were wary in their movements»; «a wary glance at the black clouds»; «taught to be wary of strangers»