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bleach
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bleach has 3 senses
- bleach(n = noun.attribute) Array - the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications" is a kind of white, whiteness
- bleach(n = noun.substance) blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener - an agent that makes things white or colorless; Array has particulars: benzoyl peroxide, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, chlorinated lime, calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, chlorine water, clorox, sodium hypochlorite
- bleach(n = noun.act) Array - the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent); Array is a kind of lightening, whitening
Derived form verb bleach1
is a kind of agent
Derived form verb bleach2
has particulars: etiolation
Derived form verb bleach2
Verb bleach has 2 senses
- bleach(v = verb.change) bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise - remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" is one way to discolor
- bleach(v = verb.change) Array - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry" is one way to white, whiten
Derived forms noun bleach1, noun bleacher1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun bleach3, noun bleach2, noun bleacher1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
bleach, v. t. [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS. blācian, blcan, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. blāc pale. See Bleak, a. ].
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. [1913 Webster]
"The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid."
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"Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime." [1913 Webster]
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime." [1913 Webster]
bleach, v. i.
To grow white or lose color; to whiten. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bleach, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr. whiten by exposure to sunlight or by a chemical process.
--n.
1 a bleaching substance.
2 the process of bleaching.
--v.tr. & intr. whiten by exposure to sunlight or by a chemical process.
--n.
1 a bleaching substance.
2 the process of bleaching.
Idiom
bleaching-powder calcium hypochlorite used esp. to remove colour from materials.
Etymology
OE bl{aelig}can f. Gmc
THESAURUS
bleach
achromatization, achromatize, besnow, blanch, blanching, bleach out, bleacher, bleaching, bleaching agent, bleaching powder, blench, bowdlerize, chalk, change color, chlorine, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, decolor, decolorant, decoloration, decolorization, decolorize, decolorizer, decolorizing, delouse, depurate, deterge, dim, discolor, discoloration, drain, drain of color, dry-clean, dull, dust, dust off, etiolate, etiolation, expurgate, fade, fade out, fading, freshen, frost, fume, grizzle, grow pale, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen peroxide, lighten, lightening, lime, lose color, lustrate, madder bleach, market bleach, nitrogen tetroxide, oxalic acid, pale, paling, peroxide, purge, purify, reform, scavenge, silver, sodium hypochlorite, sour, spruce, steam-clean, sulfur dioxide, sulfuric acid, sweep out, sweeten, tarnish, tidy, tone down, turn pale, turn white, wan, wash out, white, white sour, whiten, whitening, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe upROGET THESAURUS
bleach
Achromatism
VB lose color, fade, fly, go, become colorless, turn pale, pale, deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, tarnish, achromatize, blanch, etiolate, wash out, tone down.Whiteness
VB be white, render white, whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver.
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