| VERB | change | bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise | remove color from |
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| change | bleach | make whiter or lighter | |
| NOUN | attribute | bleach | the whiteness that results from removing the color from something |
| substance | bleach, bleaching agent, blanching agent, whitener | an agent that makes things white or colorless | |
| act | bleach | the act of whitening something by bleaching / bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) |
| Sounds | bliy'ch | |
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| Rhymes | beach ... teach / Teach: 19 rhymes with iych... | |
| Meaning | The whiteness that results from removing the color from something. | |
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| Example | "a complete bleach usually requires several applications" | |
| Broader | white, whiteness | The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
| Verbs | bleach | remove color from |
| Meaning | The act of whitening something by bleaching / bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent). | |
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| Narrower | etiolation | (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight |
| Broader | whitening, lightening | changing to a lighter color / color |
| Verbs | bleach | make whiter or lighter |
| Meaning | Remove color from. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The sun bleached the red shirt" | |
| Synonyms | bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise | |
| Broader | discolor | Cause to lose or change color |
| Spanish | decolorar, descolorar, descolorir | |
| Catalan | descolorar, descolorir | |
| Nouns | bleach | the whiteness that results from removing the color from something |
| bleacher | a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) | |
| Meaning | make whiter or lighter. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "bleach the laundry" | |
| Narrower | peroxide | bleach with peroxide |
| Broader | whiten, white | Turn white |
| Spanish | blanquear, enlejiar | |
| Catalan | lleixivar | |
| Nouns | bleach | the act of whitening something by bleaching / bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) |
| bleach | an agent that makes things white or colorless | |
| bleacher | a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) | |
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