English dictionary

bleach

/bl/i//tS/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the whiteness that results from removing the color from something

noun.attribute

Examples
A complete bleach usually requires several applications.

Source: WordNet 3.0
an agent that makes things white or colorless

noun.substance

Synonyms blanching agent bleaching agent whitener

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0

remove color from

verb.change

Examples
The sun bleached the red shirt.

Synonyms achromatise achromatize bleach out decolor decolorise decolorize decolour decolourise decolourize discolorise discolorize discolourise

Source: WordNet 3.0
make whiter or lighter

verb.change

Examples
Bleach the laundry.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

verb

Source: webster1913
To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

verb

Source: webster1913