| VERB | change | whiten, white | turn white |
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| Sounds | hhway'tahn; way'tahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Turn white. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This detergent will whiten your laundry" | |
| Synonym | white | |
| Narrower | bleach | make whiter or lighter |
| Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| Opposite | blacken, melanize, melanise, black | make or become black |
| Spanish | blanquear, emblanquecer, enjalbegar, jalbegar | |
| Catalan | blanquejar, emblancar, emblanquinar, emblanquir | |
| Nouns | whitener | an agent that makes things white or colorless |
| whitening | changing to a lighter color / color | |
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