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blacklead

blacklead verb: to cover, treat or polish with graphite. Also the alternative form of black lead.

Verb

blacklead (third-person singular simple present blackleads, present participle blackleading, simple past and past participle blackleaded)

  1. To cover, treat or polish with graphite

Also used as

blacklead is also the alternative form of black lead.

Forms of blacklead

Verb
third-person singular presentblackleads
present participleblackleading
past participleblackleaded
pastblackleaded
Noun
pluralblackleads

Origin of blacklead

From black + lead.

Questions about blacklead

What does blacklead mean?
Blacklead means to cover, treat or polish with graphite.
What part of speech is blacklead?
Blacklead is a verb.
What is the past tense of blacklead?
The past tense of blacklead is blackleaded.

Words near blacklead in the dictionary

  1. Blacklake
  2. blackland
  3. blacklands
  4. blacklash
  5. blacklashes
  6. blacklead
  7. blackleaded
  8. blackleader
  9. blackleaders
  10. blackleading
  11. blackleads

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