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bleach

[ bleech ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make whiter or lighter in color, such as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from:

    Do you think she bleaches her hair?

  2. to cause (coral) to undergo a loss of color that indicates declining health: caused by a loss of the algae that normally live symbiotically in the coral’s tissues:

    In sufficient concentrations, the chemicals in certain sunscreens can bleach coral.

  3. Photography. to convert (the silver image of a negative or print) to a silver halide, either to remove the image or to change its tone.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become whiter or lighter in color:

    The grass in the fields gradually bleached as winter approached, leaving the landscape pale and drab.

  2. (of coral) to undergo a loss of color that indicates declining health: caused by a loss of the algae that normally live symbiotically in the coral’s tissues:

    Coral reefs are bleaching due to ocean pollution and rising sea temperatures.

noun

  1. a bleaching agent.
  2. an act of bleaching.
  3. degree of paleness achieved in bleaching.

bleach

/ ːʃ /

verb

  1. to make or become white or colourless, as by exposure to sunlight, by the action of chemical agents, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a bleaching agent
  2. the degree of whiteness resulting from bleaching
  3. the act of bleaching
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bleach

/ ŧ /

  1. A chemical agent used to whiten or remove color from textiles, paper, food, and other substances and materials. Chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and hydrogen peroxide are bleaches. Bleaches remove color by oxidation or reduction.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹳, noun
  • ˈ𲹳󲹲, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 𲹳·· adjective
  • 𲹳····ٲ [blee-ch, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
  • half-bleached adjective
  • ԴDz·𲹳 noun
  • ··𲹳 verb
  • ·𲹳 verb
  • ··𲹳 adjective
  • ܲ·𲹳 adjective
  • ܲ·𲹳·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bleach1

First recorded before 1050; Middle English blechen, Old English ǣ𲹲, derivative of “pale”; cognate with Old Norse bleikja, Old High German 𾱳ŧ
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bleach1

Old English ǣ ; related to Old Norse bleikja , Old High German bleih pale
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Synonym Study

See whiten.
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Example Sentences

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Some of them were decorated with coral which has bleached over the centuries.

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It is also becoming more common for women to bleach their children, like Fatima did.

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The kidnappers fled but were found by police that evening hiding in a nearby field, while a search of the house uncovered an air pistol and bleach.

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The shredded material is then mixed with UV additives to avoid being bleached by sunlight.

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Their envy does pour out immediately but strains forth bit by bit, pressing through the narrow gaps in their bleached smiles.

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