 bleach |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (color) the whiteness that results from removing the color from something | |
| Examples: | "a complete bleach usually requires several applications" |
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| Related terms: | white | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (color) remove color from | |
| Synonyms: | decolor decolorize discolorize decolorise decolour decolourise decolourize discolorise discolourise bleach_out | |
| Examples: | "The sun bleached the red shirt" |
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| Related terms: | discolor | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (color) make whiter or lighter | |
| Examples: | "bleach the laundry" |
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| Related terms: | whiten peroxide bleaching_agent | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an agent that makes things white or colorless | |
| Synonyms: | blanching_agent whitener bleaching_agent | |
| Related terms: | agent sodium_hypochlorite benzoyl_peroxide calcium_hypochlorite chlorine_dioxide chlorine_water bleaching_powder Clorox liquid_bleach bleach_liquor | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (color) the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) | |
| Related terms: | whitening etiolation | |
| Similar spelling: |
blahs Bloch Blash blue_ash Bleich Blecha Blasco blueish bloc Blas Blass Blagg Blais Blake blase Blasi black blaze bleak bloke Blose blues black_haw Bligh Blakey Blish Blaize Blaise Blasko blush |
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