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black

გამოთქმა: /blak/

ზედსართავი

Universal
  • 1of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white:black smoke her long black hair
  • (of the sky or night) completely dark owing to the sun, moon, or stars not being visible:the sky was moonless and black
  • deeply stained with dirt:the walls were black with age and dirt
  • (of a plant or animal) dark in colour as distinguished from a lighter variety:Japanese black pine
  • (of coffee or tea) served without milk: a mug of black coffee Doyle took his coffee black
  • of or denoting the suits spades and clubs in a pack of cards.
  • (of a ski run) of the highest level of difficulty, as indicated by black markers positioned along it.
  • 2 (also Black) belonging to or denoting any human group having dark-coloured skin, especially of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry: black adolescents of Jamaican descent
  • relating to black people:black culture
  • 3characterized by tragic or disastrous events; causing despair or pessimism:five thousand men were killed on the blackest day of the war the future looks black
  • (of a person’s state of mind) full of gloom or misery; very depressed:Jean had disappeared and Mary was in a black mood
  • (of humour) presenting tragic or harrowing situations in comic terms: ‘Good place to bury the bodies,’ she joked with black humour
  • full of anger or hatred:Rory shot her a black look
  • archaic very evil or wicked:my soul is steeped in the blackest sin
  • 4denoting a covert military procedure:clearance for black operations came from the highest political level
  • 5British dated (of goods or work) not to be handled or undertaken by trade union members, especially so as to express support for an industrial dispute elsewhere:the union declared the ship black

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1 [mass noun] black colour or pigment:a tray decorated in black and green
  • black clothes or material, typically worn as a sign of mourning:only one or two of the mourners were in black
  • darkness, especially of night or an overcast sky:the only thing visible in the black was the light of the torch
  • (Black) the player of the black pieces in chess or draughts: Black’s king’s defences are somewhat weakened
  • [count noun] a black thing, in particular the black ball in snooker.
  • 2 (also Black) a member of a dark-skinned people, especially one of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry: they tend to identify strongly with other blacks
  • 3British informal blackcurrant cordial:a rum and black

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1make (something) black, especially with polish:the steps of the house were neatly blacked
  • make (one’s face and other visible parts) black with polish or make-up so as not to be seen at night or to play the role of a black person in a play or film:white extras blacking up their faces to play Ethiopians
  • 2British dated refuse to handle (goods), undertake (work), or have dealings with (a person or business) as a way of taking industrial action:the printers blacked firms trying to employ women

black someone's eye

hit someone in the eye so as to cause bruising: a woman capable of blacking the eye of any guest who wanted to slip out before the end

black-on-black

denoting harmful actions in which both the perpetrator and the victim are black:the American media was saturated with stories of black-on-black violence

in the black

not owing any money; solvent: an insurance company operating in the black will be able to pay for further growth

in someone's black books

informal in disfavour with someone.

look on the black side

informal view a situation from a pessimistic angle: I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of five years

men in black

informal anonymous dark-clothed men who supposedly visit people who have reported an encounter with a UFO or an alien in order to prevent them publicizing it: men in black suddenly appear on a UFO witness’s doorstep

the new black

a colour that is currently so popular that it rivals the traditional status of black as the most reliably fashionable colour:brown is the new black this season
something which is suddenly extremely popular or fashionable:retro sci-fi is the new black

not as black as one is painted

informal not as bad as one is said to be: Robert’s character could surely not be as black as Dawn had painted

black out

undergo a sudden and temporary loss of consciousness: they knocked me around and I blacked out

black something out

  • 1extinguish all lights or completely cover windows, especially for protection against an air attack: the bombers began to come nightly and the city was blacked out (as adjective blacked out)a stretch limo with blacked-out windows
  • subject a place to an electricity failure:Chicago was blacked out yesterday after a freak flood
  • 2obscure something completely so that it cannot be read or seen:the number plate had been blacked out with masking tape
  • (of a television company) decide not to broadcast a disputed or controversial programme: they blacked out the women’s final

blackish

adjective

blackly

adverb

blackness

noun

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