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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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