blackness

Definition von blackness im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The result or product of being black; The state, property or quality of being black
The blackness of outerspace comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of black.; {n} darkness, a dark color; The property of being black; Blackness is the state of being very dark. The twilight had turned to a deep blackness; The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness; {i} black color; darkness; the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white); total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"
black: To apply blacking to something
Loving you, I could conceive no life sweeter than hers -- to be always near you; to black your boots, carry up your coals, scrub your doorstep; always to be working for you, hard and humbly and without thanks.
black: Relating to persons of (usually noticeable) negroid African descent or their culture. Also people of an Asian, Aborigine or Maori descent
black: To make black, to blacken
I saw red, and instead of a cab I fetched that policeman. Of course father did black his eye.
black: absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless
black: Bad; evil; ill-omened
what a black day would that be, when the Ordinances of Jesus Christ should as it were be excommunicated, and cast out of the Church of Christ.
black: Overcrowded
black: The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set, no matter what the actual colour
The black pieces in this set are in fact made of dark blue glass.
black: A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment
black: The colour/color perceived in the absence of light
black colour:.
black: Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced
Foodstuffs were rationed and, as in other countries in a similar situation, the black market was flourishing.
black: Black cloth hung up at funerals
Groans, and convulsions, and a discolored face, and friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible.
black: The edge of home plate
black: the black: The black ball
black: A black dye, pigment
black: To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute
black: a type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour
black: A person of African descent, or Asian, Aborigine or Maori
black: blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black)
black: Without any cream, milk, or creamer
Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.
black: {a} dark, cloudy, mournful, dismal, wicked
black: {n} a blackamoor, darkest color, mourning
black: {v} to make black, blacken, darken, soil
black: {a} ebon
black: {a} ebony
Black: blk
black: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
black: Synge; "took a dim view of things" (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda" harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning
black: for mourning was a Roman custom (Juvenal, x 245) borrowed from the Egyptians Black, in blazonry, means constancy, wisdom, and prudence Black, in several of the Oriental nations, is a badge of servitude, slavery, and low birth Our word blackguard seems to point to this meaning The Latin niger meant bad, unpropitious (See Blackguard )
black: a person, not of Hispanic origin, having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa
black: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" (board games) the darker pieces the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927) British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words" of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--
black: If you say that someone is black and blue, you mean that they are badly bruised. Whenever she refused, he'd beat her black and blue Bud's nose was still black and blue
black: extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler" being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury" soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars" (of coffee) without cream or sugar (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man
black: One of the participants of a backgammon game, presumably the one using darker-colored checkers Also, the checkers used by this player
black: Fig
black: Black humour involves jokes about sad or difficult situations. `So you can all go over there and get shot,' he said, with the sort of black humour common among British troops here It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations
black: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
black: Something that is black is of the darkest colour that there is, the colour of the sky at night when there is no light at all. She was wearing a black coat with a white collar He had thick black hair I wear a lot of black He was dressed all in black
black: extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler"
black: emphasis If you describe a situation as black, you are emphasizing that it is very bad indeed. It was, he said later, one of the blackest days of his political career The future for the industry looks even blacker
black: without light
black: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning
black: The absence of all reflected light; the color that is produced when an object absorbs all wavelengths from the light source
black: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
black: a member or descendant of certain African races
black: If someone is in a black mood, they feel very miserable and depressed. Her mood was blacker than ever
black: {f} make black, color black; polish with a black substance (of shoes, etc.); boycott a business or product (British)
black: A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa who is not also of Hispanic origin
black: Before the advent of modern dyes, all dress clothes were black—just look at any photograph taken in the 19th century The main historical connotation of black is formality Because we don’t wear black as often today, it has survived as a formal color only at extremely solemn occasions, such as funerals For some people today, black immediately connotes a funeral Black is sometimes, but rarely, the color for funeral services or Good Friday
black: If someone gives you a black look, they look at you in a way that shows that they are very angry about something. Passing my stall, she cast black looks at the amount of stuff still unsold. American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1937-1971). He was noted for his ardent support of civil rights. British pharmacologist. He shared a 1988 Nobel Prize for developing drugs to treat heart disease and stomach and duodenal ulcers. British chemist who rediscovered carbon dioxide (1756) and formulated the concepts of latent heat and specific heat. American actress and public official. As Shirley Temple she was an immensely popular child actress of the 1930s, starring in films such as Bright Eyes (1934). As an adult she has held several diplomatic positions, including ambassador to Ghana (1974-1976). black mica black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement Black and Tan black bass black bear Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument black codes Black Death Black Forest Black Friday black gum Black Hand Black Hawk Black Hills black hole black humour Black Legend black letter black market black nationalism Black Panther Party for Self Defense black pepper black sand Black Sea black snake Black Sox scandal Black Stone of Mecca black theatre Black Warrior River black widow Black Hugo La Fayette Black Sir James Whyte black eyed Susan black figure pottery Celebes black macaque Edward the Black Prince black film Black Sheep Black Muslims Shirley Temple Black
black: (1) visual observation of physical features; (2) documentary evidence establishing black ancestry, such as birth certificates; and (3) evidence that the candidate held themselves out to be black and are considered black in the community Philip Malone & Paul Malone vs Civil Service Commission & Department of Personnel Administration, 38 Mass App Ct 147, 646 N E 2d 150 (1995)
black: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--
black: (of coffee) without cream or sugar
black: total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"
black: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa
black: (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda"
black: A stain; a spot; a smooch
black: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups in Africa Normally excludes persons of Hispanic origin except for tabulations produced by the Bureau of the Census, which are noted accordingly in this volume
black: dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars"
black: (board games) the darker pieces
black: Synge; "took a dim view of things"
black: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J M Synge; "took a dim view of things"
black: A black pigment or dye
black: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people-- injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr
black: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man
black: {i} color black, color that absorbs but does not reflect light; member of an ethnic group having brown to black skin and hair; African American; something colored black; black clothes
black: A black person belongs to a race of people with dark skins, especially a race from Africa. He worked for the rights of black people the traditions of the black community
black: Black coffee or tea has no milk or cream added to it. A cup of black tea or black coffee contains no calories I drink coffee black
black: If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money. Until his finances are in the black I don't want to get married. in the red
black: Used alone, or in process printing combined with cyan, magenta and yellow, the black plate is made to increase contrast of dark tones and make them neutral
black: British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
black: Color that is produced when an object absorbs all wavelengths of light rather than reflecting some of them as other colors
black: Allows the calling party to not be billed for the call placed
black: Master Babaji Used to rebuke evil Color of unmanifest potential CHAKRA: A center of energy located in the subtle body where the subtle nerve channels converge like the spokes of a wheel Six major chakras lie within the central channel When awakened, kundalini shakti flows upward from the base of the spine through these six centers to the seventh chakra, the sahasrara, at the crown of the head
black: Black is the most common color for $100 chips If someone tells you they saw someone betting black at a blackjack table, it means they were betting at least $100 a hand See also white, red, and and green
black: Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes
black: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
black: To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush
black: to be in the black means to be profitable Opposite of being in the red
black: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning to savage mordant wit"
black: the Institute of Race Relations uses 'black' to refer to non-white groups - with heritages in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean - who share a common experience of British racism Occasionally, where statistical data is used from other organisations, the term 'Black' may have other meanings and the term 'ethnic minority' may be used to refer to non-white groups, as these are the terms under which much statistical data is collected
black: Bad; evil
black: Tells an individual to immediately report to the pits This flag may be displayed for consultation, possible problem with the racecar, or to receive a penalty If a driver fails to enter the pits within 5 laps, the scoring card for that driver may be withdrawn by NASCAR
black: Color typically used to signify non-sensitive or already-encrypted information or signals See Red
black: A U S citizen having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa
black: marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
black: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
black: People who believe in black magic believe that it is possible to communicate with evil spirits. He was also alleged to have conducted black magic ceremonies The King was unjustly accused of practising the black arts
black: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
black: injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr
black: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury"
black: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
black: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"
black: not of Hispanic Origin: having origin in any of the Black racial groups of Africa
black: A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp
black: That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black
black: (board games) the darker pieces the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927) British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
black: The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black
black: to savage mordant wit
black: To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully
black: Black people are sometimes referred to as blacks. This use could cause offence. There are about thirty-one million blacks in the US
black: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible
black: Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness
black: (of coffee) without cream or sugar (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
black: popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)
black: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J
black: One of the participants in a backgammon game, presumably the one using darker-colored checkers Also, the checkers used by this player
black: {s} of the color black; of or pertaining to an ethnic group having brown to black skin and hair; dark; without light; dirty; evil; gloomy; drunk without cream or milk (of coffee, etc.); boycott (British)
black: One of the two colors of chess spaces, pieces, and players See also: color, white
black: soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour"
black: In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds
black: Relating to persons of African descent or (especially in the US) their culture
black: the most common form of tea worldwide prepared from green tea leaves which have been allowed to oxidize, or ferment, to form a reddish brew
black: The color that is produced when an object absorbs all wavelengths from the light source
black: Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks
black: A black garment or dress; as, she wears black Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery
black: has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
black: obsidian
black: negro