black
black
(blæk )Word forms: comparative blacker , superlative blackest , plural, 3rd person singular present tense blacks , present participle blacking , past tense, past participle blacked
1. colour
2. adjective
A black person belongs to a race of people with dark skins, especially a race from Africa.
He worked for the rights of black people.
Sherry is black, tall, slender and soft-spoken.
...the traditions of the black community.
3. countable noun [usually plural]
4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Black coffee or tea has no milk or cream added to it.
A cup of black tea or black coffee contains no calories.
I drink coffee black.
5. adjective
[emphasis]
It was, he said later, one of the blackest days of his political career.
The future for the industry looks even blacker.
6. adjective
In late 1975, she fell into a black depression.
Her mood was blacker than ever.
7. graded adjective
8. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
9. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
10. verb
11. See also black eye
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