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How to pronounce “blacken”
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Pronunciation guide for blacken
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of blacken with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Dwan Reece: The origins of blackface and Black stereotypes
It was an incident where white actors would blacken their faces with burnt cork,
- Definition summary
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
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How to pronounce blacken
Dwan Reece: The origins of blackface and Black stereotypes
It was an incident where white actors would blacken their faces with burnt cork,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “blacken”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become black.
- (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
- To defame or sully.
- (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
- [Noun]
- definite singular of black
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