bleach
(noun) the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
bleach
(noun) the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; “a complete bleach usually requires several applications”
bleach
(verb) make whiter or lighter; “bleach the laundry”
bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise
(verb) remove color from; “The sun bleached the red shirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bleach (comparative bleacher or more bleach, superlative bleachest or most bleach)
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
bleach (third-person singular simple present bleaches, present participle bleaching, simple past and past participle bleached)
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(intransitive, biology, of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
• blanch
bleach (countable and uncountable, plural bleaches)
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
(countable) A variety of bleach.
bleach (plural bleaches)
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
bleach (plural bleaches)
A disease of the skin.
• Blecha, balche, balchĂ©
Source: Wiktionary
Bleach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleached; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleaching.] Etym: [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS. blacian, bl, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. blac pale. See Bleak, a.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
