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Bleach

Bleach Meaning & Definition
Bleach Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bleach?

[n] the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
[n] the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
[n] an agent that makes things white or colorless
[v] make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
[v] remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bleach: blanching agent | bleach out | bleaching agent | decolor | decolorise | decolorize | decolour | decolourise | decolourize | discolorise | discolorize | discolourise | whitener

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 up

See Also | agent | benzoyl peroxide | bleach liquor | bleaching powder | calcium hypochlorite | chloride of lime | chlorine dioxide | chlorine water | Clorox | discolor | lightening | liquid bleach | peroxide | sodium hypochlorite | white | white | whiten | whiteness | whitening

Bleach In Webster's Dictionary

\Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS. bl[=a]cian, bl?can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[=a]c pale. See {Bleak}, a.] To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. 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. --Ure. Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. --Smollett.
\Bleach\, v. i. To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

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