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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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In battle men may blacken their skin similar to the cassowary's colouration.
And then, once they'd turned their backs for a minute to do something else, we could see my pizza catch fire and eventually blacken to a cinder.
He then proceeded to blacken his face entirely while trying to remember the words to the song.
There seems to be a wild idea revolving around in the heart of government that we were part a devilish clever plot to blacken them.
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.
The night before Bonfire Night was once known as Mischief Night, when children would blacken their faces and play pranks.

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