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.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
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.
A black pigment or dye.
A person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
A stain; a spot; a smooch.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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Black Quotations
I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.
Muhammad Ali
Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
Muhammad Ali
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Maya Angelou
Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
Vince Lombardi
I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
Michael Jordan
I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.
Malcolm X
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
Nelson Mandela
Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.
Jim Morrison
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.
Groucho Marx
Any colour - so long as it's black.
Henry Ford
Black Translations
black in Afrikaans is swart
black in Danish is sort
black in Dutch is zwart
black in Finnish is musta
black in German is schwarz, schwarz, unsauber
black in Italian is nera, negro, nero, negro
black in Latin is niger
black in Norwegian is svart
black in Portuguese is preto, negro
black in Swedish is svart
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