black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
am blacking
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present progressiveof black (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"My beautiful red shoes; I am blacking them; and now they are spoiled forever."
From The Iron Woman by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
"I am blacking my red shoes," Elizabeth wailed; and so she was, the blacking-sponge on its shaky wire dripping all over the carpet.
From The Iron Woman by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
