black up (English, verb)
expansion: black up (third-person singular simple present blacks up, present participle blacking up, simple past and past participle blacked up)
Senses:
glosses: To become or make (something) black or darker.
tags: intransitive
literally
transitive
glosses: To put on or wear blackface makeup.
tags: intransitive
transitive
glosses: To make something (e.g. a film, cast, story line, etc.) more racially black in character; blackenize.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: blacks up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blacking up
tags: participle
present
form: blacked up
tags: participle
past
form: blacked up
tags: past