3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bleach \Bleach\, v. i.
To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bleach
n 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)
v 1: remove color from "The sun bleached the red shirt" [syn: {bleach
out}, {decolor}, {decolorize}, {discolorize}]
2: make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
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