Bleach

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To remove the color from, as by means of chemical agents or sunlight.
  • v. To make white or colorless.
  • verb-intransitive. To become white or colorless.
  • n. A chemical agent used for bleaching.
  • n. The act of bleaching.
  • n. The degree of bleaching obtained.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pale; bleak.
  • v. To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc) or lighten (hair).
  • v. to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
  • n. A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
  • n. A variety of bleach.
  • n. An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
  • n. A disease of the skin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make white or whiter by removing color; whiten; blanch; make pale; specifically, to whiten (as linen, etc.) by washing and exposure to the action of the air and sunlight, or by chemical preparations. See bleaching.
  • Synonyms Blanch, etc. See whiten.
  • To become white in any manner; become pale or colorless.
  • To become morally pure.
  • Pale.
  • Bleak.
  • n. A disease of the skin. Holland, tr. of Pliny.
  • n. An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun or other bleaching agency or influence.
  • n. Blacking; any substance used for blacking.
  • n. An abbreviation of ‘bleaching-powder,’ or chlorid of lime.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
  • n. an agent that makes things white or colorless
  • v. make whiter or lighter
  • n. the whiteness that results from removing the color from something
  • v. remove color from
  • Verb Form
    bleached    bleaches    bleaching    bleachs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    white    whiteness    discolor   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    bleached    bleaching   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blanch    whiten    decolorize   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beach    Peach    Teach    beach    beech    beseech    breach    breech    creach    each   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    reddish    sandy    detergent    scorch    wet    colorless    disinfectant    bushy    silky    sparse