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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
  2. A variety of bleach.


Translations

Verb

{{en-verb|bleaches|bleaching|bleached|bleached}}

  1. To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc) or lighten (hair).


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Translations

  • Arabic:
  • CJKV Characters: 澼
  • Chinese: 漂白 (piǎo bái)
  • Dutch: bleken
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German: bleichen
  • Hebrew: {{t+|he|להלבין|tr=lealbin|sc=Hebr}}
  • Hungarian: kifehérít
  • Italian: , ,

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bleach \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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying
clime. --Smollett.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bleach \Bleach\, v. i.
To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet bleach
n 1: the whiteness that results from removing the color from
something; "a complete bleach usually requires several
applications"
2: an agent that makes things white or colorless [syn: {bleaching
agent}, blanching agent, whitener]
3: the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it
to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
v 1: remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" [syn: {bleach
out}, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize,
decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise,
discolorise]
2: make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
Moby Dictionary
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


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