prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"
cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
(board games) the darker pieces
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
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.
extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
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"
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury"
soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour"
dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars"
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
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"
things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"
concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"