definition of
black

[1] #1 black a. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil". wn

[2] #2 black n. [blackness, inkiness] the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white). wn

[3] #3 black a. of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.. wn

[4] #4 black s. marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words". wn

[5] #5 black s. [bleak, dim] offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things". wn