'Bleach' definitions:

Definition of 'bleach'

From: WordNet
noun
The whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
noun
An agent that makes things white or colorless [syn: bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener]
noun
The act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
verb
Remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" [syn: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise]
verb
Make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"

Definition of 'Bleach'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Bleach'

From: GCIDE
  • Bleach \Bleach\, v. i. To grow white or lose color; to whiten. [1913 Webster]