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Noun bleach has 3 senses
- bleach - the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
--1 is a kind of white, whiteness
- bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener - an agent that makes things white or colorless
--2 is a kind of agent
--2 is a substance of bleach liquor; liquid bleach
--2 has particulars:
- bleach - the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
--3 is a kind of whitening, lightening
--3 has particulars: etiolation
Verb bleach has 2 senses
- bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise - remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
--1 is one way to discolor
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- bleach - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
--2 is one way to whiten, white
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