Associations to the word «Blackened»

Wiktionary

BLACKEN, verb. To make black.
BLACKEN, verb. To make dirty.
BLACKEN, verb. To defame or sully.
BLACKEN, verb. To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
BLACKEN, verb. (intransitive) To become black.

Dictionary definition

BLACKEN, verb. Make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened".
BLACKEN, verb. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke