'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]
Synonyms of 'bleach'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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