BLEACHING

Verb

bleaching

present participle of bleach

Noun

bleaching (plural bleachings)

The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.

The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.

Coordinate term: desemanticization

Source: Wiktionary

Bleach"ing, n.

Definition: The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.

BLEACH

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

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