 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bleach
noun
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)
verb
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"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bleach \Bleach\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, verb (used with an object) & verb (used without an object), 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}, adjective]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bleach \Bleach\, verb (used without an object)
To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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