whiten, white
(verb) turn white; “This detergent will whiten your laundry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Whiten (plural Whitens)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whiten is the 22404th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1149 individuals. Whiten is most common among White (65.36%) and Black/African American (28.98%) individuals.
whiten (third-person singular simple present whitens, present participle whitening, simple past and past participle whitened)
(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
Source: Wiktionary
Whit"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening.] Etym: [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvitna.]
Definition: To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
Whit"en, v. t.
Definition: To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay.
Syn.
– See Blanch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
