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black
Noun
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The darkest color; with no light; the color of the sky at night.
He stood alone in the black of the night.
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Blacks are people of a race with dark coloured skin.
There were many whites, some blacks and native Americans, and a few Asians.
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If a company is in the black, it is making a profit. (opposite = in the red)
It took a year for the restaurant to get in the black.
black
Adjective
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colored black
The black dog was the color of night.
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If someone is black, they belong to a race with dark-coloured skin.
It's still difficult for a black person to become a manager.
About 30 percent of Southfield's 80,000 citizens are black.
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About a race with dark-coloured skin.
More and more universities are offering courses in black history.
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Black coffee or tea has no milk in it.
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If something is black, it is very bad.
The day the war started was a black day in history.
black
Verb
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If you black something, you color it black.
He blacked his boots before the party.
They blacked out the windows so the light would not be seen outside.
A number of lines in the report were blacked out.
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If you black out, you stop seeing and hearing everything around you and you fall down.
After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.
rock
Noun
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A hard substance that forms naturally in the Earth's surface.
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A form of music often played with guitars and drums.
rock
Verb
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To shake back and forth.
The boat rocked in the strong wind.
cod
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noun
lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
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noun
major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
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noun
(= pod)
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
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adjective
(= collect)
payable by the recipient on delivery
a collect call
the letter came collect
a COD parcel
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verb
(= tease, razz, ride)
harass with persistent criticism or carping
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
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verb
(= dupe, fool)
fool or hoax
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
You can't fool me!
COD
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adverb
(= C.O.D.)
collecting the charges upon delivery
mail a package C.O.D.