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What does blacken mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word blacken? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (ergative) (To cause) to be or become black.
  2. To make dirty.
  3. To defame or sully.
  4. To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
  5. (intransitive) To become black.
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Children also used to blacken their faces, as Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators might have done.
The herb was added as it can blacken hair and it will also add to the astringent quality of the formula.
Place in a hot oven for 20 minutes or until they just begin to shrivel and blacken on the outside but are still juicy inside.
Halve and deseed the peppers and place, with rounded sides uppermost, under a preheated grill until the skins blacken.
He then proceeded to blacken his face entirely while trying to remember the words to the song.
They burn cork and blacken their faces, painting on big red lips, donning white gloves.

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