Meaning

6 senses
  1. (idiomatic, transitive)To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.

    schwärzen

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To censor or cover up.

  3. (intransitive)To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.

    lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example

  4. (transitive)To cause (someone) to lose consciousness.

  5. (transitive)To obscure in darkness.

  6. (intransitive)To be in a state of blackout, as a building, a city, a ship.

    The countryside blacked out to avoid helping enemy aircraft.

Examples

48 sentences
  1. How many times did you black out?

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  2. I blacked out.

    Я втратив свідомість.

    deIch wurde ohnmächtig.

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  3. Tom blacked out.

    Том втратив свідомість.

    ruТом потерял сознание.

    deTom wurde ohnmächtig.

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  4. I think that I blacked out.

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  5. Black smoke came out of the chimney.

    ruИз трубы выходил чёрный дым.

    deAus dem Schornstein kam schwarzer Rauch.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cover with black ink:

Forms

blacks out, blacking out, blacked out, blacked out
Base formblack out · to black out
3rd person singularblacks out
Present participleblacking out
Past simpleblacked out
Past participleblacked out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblack out
he, she, itblacks out

Past simpleLesson

all personsblacked out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blacked out
he, she, ithas blacked out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill black out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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