Past tense of blacken

Forms of blacken

Blackened in a sentence

• The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.
• After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.From the entry carpet
• In front of him were great piles of blackened eugarie shells, relics of past aboriginal feasts.2009, Doris Gray-Woods, “The Coastal Survey of 1840”, in With Compass, Chain & Courage, Salisbury, Qld.: Boolarong Press, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry eugarie
• Hard skin on feet, blackened toes, tattered shorts, skin and bones.2008, Sanchita Islam, “The Pink House”, in Sarah Broughton, editor, Gungi Blues, Brentwood, Essex: Chipmunkapublishing, page 47. From the entry sleep rough
• Everywhere images of women with preposterous lips, blackened eyes and pushed up breasts.1999, Phoebe: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Theory and Aesthetics, volumes 11-12, page 78. From the entry bimbofication

Meaning of blacken

1. verb To cause to be or become black.
2. verb To become black.
3. verb To make dirty.

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Questions about the past tense of blacken

What is the past tense of blacken?

The past tense of blacken is blackened.

What is the past participle of blacken?

The past participle of blacken is blackened.

Is blacken a regular or irregular verb?

Blacken is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.