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Whiten
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Whiten has 1 sense
- whiten(v = verb.change) white - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" is one way to color, colour, discolor, discolour
Antonym: blacken
Derived forms noun whitener1, noun whitening1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Whiten, v. i. [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvītna.].
To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms. [1913 Webster]
Whiten, v. t.
To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. [1913 Webster]
"The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans."
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Syn. -- See Blanch.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Whiten, v.tr. & intr. make or become white.
Derivative
whitener n. whitening n.
THESAURUS
Whiten
achromatize, besnow, blanch, bleach, bleach out, blench, blush, bowdlerize, chalk, change color, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, color, crimson, darken, decolor, decolorize, delouse, depurate, deterge, dim, discolor, drain, drain of color, dry-clean, dull, dust, dust off, etiolate, expurgate, extenuate, fade, fade out, flush, freshen, frost, fume, gloss over, glow, grizzle, grow pale, lighten, look black, lose color, lustrate, mantle, pale, peroxide, purge, purify, redden, reform, scavenge, silver, spruce, steam-clean, sugarcoat, sweep out, sweeten, tarnish, tidy, tone down, turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn white, varnish, veneer, wan, wash out, white, whitewash, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe upROGET THESAURUS
Whiten
Whiteness
VB be white, render white, whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver.
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