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

Verb

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

Noun

a bleaching agent [Old English blǣcan]

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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 lighten, wash out, blanch, peroxide, whiten, blench, etiolate

Translations

bleach [bliːtʃ] n (also: household bleach) → lejía

vt [+ linen] → blanquear

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bleach [bliːtʃ] n (also: household bleach) → eau f de Javel

vt [+ linen] → blanchir

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bleach [bliːtʃ] n (also: household bleach) → Reinigungsmittel nt

vt → bleichen

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bleach [bliːtʃ] n (also: household bleach) → varechina

vt [+ material] → candeggiare

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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 haalistaa, vaaleta (se) décolorer לְהַלְבִּין उजला करना, रंग उड़ाना izblijedjeti (ki)fehérít memutihkan bleikja, upplita scolorire さらして白くする 하얘지다, 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