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svärta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • black adj Having the darkest possible color; reflecting no light.
  • blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
  • blackness noun The quality or state of being black in color.

Senses

svärta is used for these senses in English:

  • black (countable, and, uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
  • black (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
  • blacken (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
  • blackness The state or quality of being black in colour.
  • velvet scoter An arctic sea duck, Melanitta fusca.

black — full definition

  1. adj Having the darkest possible color; reflecting no light.
  2. adj Belonging to or descended from certain ethnic groups, especially of African origin, with dark skin.
  3. adj Without milk or cream, said of coffee or tea.
  4. adj Secret or unofficial, especially relating to government or military operations.
  5. adj Grim, hopeless, or menacing.

blacken — full definition

  1. verb To make something black or turn black.
  2. verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
  3. verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.

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