(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
To ~ something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that ~s becomes black or very dark in colour.
The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of ~ing their teeth...
You need to grill the tomatoes until the skins ~.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If someone ~s your character, they make other people believe that you are a bad person.
They’re trying to ~ our name.
VERB: V n