bleach

bleach  (blch)

v. bleached, bleach·ing, bleach·es

v.tr.

1. To remove the color from, as by means of chemical agents or sunlight.

2. To make white or colorless.

v.intr.

To become white or colorless.

n.

1. A chemical agent used for bleaching.

2.

a. The act of bleaching.

b. The degree of bleaching obtained.

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[Middle English blechen, from Old English blcan; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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bleach [bliːtʃ]

vb

to make or become white or colourless, as by exposure to sunlight, by the action of chemical agents, etc

n

1. (Chemistry) a bleaching agent

2. the degree of whiteness resulting from bleaching

3. the act of bleaching

[Old English blǣcan; related to Old Norse bleikja, Old High German bleih pale]

bleachable  adj

bleacher  n

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bleach  (blch)

A chemical agent used to whiten or remove color from textiles, paper, food, and other substances and materials. Chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and hydrogen peroxide are bleaches. Bleaches remove color by oxidation or reduction.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bleach - the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications" whiteness, white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
	2.	bleach - an agent that makes things white or colorless blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener benzoyl peroxide - a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions agent - a substance that exerts some force or effect bleaching powder, chloride of lime, chlorinated lime - a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect bleach liquor - a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp calcium hypochlorite - any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent chlorine dioxide - an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification chlorine water - an aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agent Clorox - a commercial bleaching agent liquid bleach - a solution containing bleaching agents; used for laundry sodium hypochlorite - an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
	3.	bleach - the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) whitening, lightening - changing to a lighter color etiolation - (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight; "the etiolation of celery"
Verb	1.	bleach - remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise discolor - cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"
	2.	bleach - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry" peroxide - bleach with peroxide; "She must peroxide her hair-it looks unnaturally blond" white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

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bleach

verb

1. lighten, wash out, blanch, peroxide, whiten, blench, etiolate These products don't bleach the hair.

2. whiten, fade, pale, lighten, go white, turn pale, grow pale The sun will cause the hairs on your face to bleach.

Translations

bleach [bliːtʃ]

A. N → lejía f

B. VT [+ clothes] → blanquear; [+ hair] → aclarar, decolorar

C. VI → blanquearse

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bleach [ˈbliːtʃ]

n → eau f de Javel

vt

[+ linen, flour, wood] → blanchir; [+ hair] → décolorer

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bleach

n

→ Bleichmittel nt; (= household bleach) → Reinigungsmittel nt

(act) → Bleichen nt; to give something a bleach → etw bleichen

vt linen, bones, hair, skin → bleichen; (sun) colour, fabric → verbleichen lassen, ausbleichen

vi (bones) → (ver-)bleichen; (Phot: image) → verblassen

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bleach [bliːtʃ]

1. n → decolorante m
liquid bleach → acqua ossigenata
household bleach → candeggina, varechina

2. vt (material) → candeggiare; (bones) → sbiancare; (hair) → ossigenare

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bleach [bliːtʃ]

1. n → decolorante m
liquid bleach → acqua ossigenata
household bleach → candeggina, varechina

2. vt (material) → candeggiare; (bones) → sbiancare; (hair) → ossigenare

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bleach

n bleach [bliːtʃ]

liquid etc used for whitening clothes etc. bleikmiddel تَبْييضُ القِماش белина bělící roztok blegemiddel das Bleichmittel λευκαντικό lejía valgendi سفید کننده valkaisuaine eau de javel מַלְבִּין कपड़े को सफेद बनाने के लिए रसायन izbjeljivač fehérítő zat pemutih bleikiefni, bleikir candeggiante, candeggina 漂白剤 표백제 baliklis balinātājs peluntur bleekmiddel blekemiddel wybielacz, bielidło lixívia înălbitor отбеливающее вещество bieliaci roztok belilo, lug izbeljivač blekmedel น้ำยาฟอกขาว beyazlatıcı sıvı, ağartıcı madde, çamaşır suyu 漂白劑 відбілювач رنگ اڑانے والا chất tẩy trắng 漂白剂

v

to lose colour; to whiten The sun has bleached his red shirt; His hair bleached in the sun. bleik يَبْيَضُّ обезцветявам zbělet, bělit, odbarvit blege bleichen ξεθωριάζω, λευκαίνω, αποχρωματίζομαι blanquear, decolorar pleegitama; pleekima بی رنگ شدن valkaista (se) décolorer לְהַלְבִּין उजला करना, रंग उड़ाना izblijedjeti (ki)fehérít memutihkan bleikja, upplita scolorire さらして白くする 표백하다 išblukti, išblukinti []balināt; izbalot melunturkan (doen) verbleken bleke, avfarge blaknąć, bieleć, bielić descorar a (se) decolora обесцвечивать(ся) vyblednúť obledeti bledeti bleka, blekna ฟอกขาว ağar(t)mak, beyazla(t)mak 漂白 вигоріти; відбілювати رنگ کاٹنا یا اڑانا tẩy trắng 漂白

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bleach → يُبيِّض bělicí prostředek blegemiddel Bleichmittel ξεθώριασμα blanqueador, lejía valkaisuaine eau de javel bjelilo candeggina 漂白剤 표백제 bleekmiddel blekemiddel wybielacz água sanitária, lixívia отбеливание blekmedel ฟอก ağartıcı thuốc tẩy 漂白粉