'Whiten' definitions:
Definition of 'whiten'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Whiten'
From: GCIDE
- Whiten \Whit"en\, v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. [1913 Webster]
- The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Blanch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Whiten'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'whiten'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatize,
- besnow,
- blanch,
- bleach,
- bleach out,
- blench,
- blush,
- bowdlerize,
- chalk,
- change color,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleanse,
- clear out,
- color,
- crimson,
- darken,
- decolor,
- decolorize,
- delouse,
- depurate,
- deterge,
- dim,
- discolor,
- drain,
- drain of color,
- dry-clean,
- dull,
- dust,
- dust off,
- etiolate,
- expurgate,
- extenuate,
- fade,
- fade out,
- flush,
- freshen,
- frost,
- fume,
- gloss over,
- glow,
- grizzle,
- grow pale,
- lighten,
- look black,
- lose color,
- lustrate,
- mantle,
- pale,
- peroxide,
- purge,
- purify,
- redden,
- reform,
- scavenge,
- silver,
- spruce,
- steam-clean,
- sugarcoat,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- tarnish,
- tidy,
- tone down,
- turn color,
- turn pale,
- turn red,
- turn white,
- varnish,
- veneer,
- wan,
- wash out,
- white,
- whitewash,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up