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whiten

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whit·en  (hwtn, wtn)
tr. & intr.v. whit·ened, whit·en·ing, whit·ens
To make or become white or whiter, especially by bleaching.
whiten·er n.
whiten
Verb
to make or become white or whiter
whitener n
whitening n
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Verb1.whitenwhiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
white
bleach - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
whiten
verb 1. pale, blanch, go white, turn pale, blench, fade, etiolate << OPPOSITE darken
verb 2. bleach, lighten << OPPOSITE darken


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The Fuller replied, "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal.
Fables by Aesop View in context
{bleaching grounds = open spaces where newly woven linen is spread to whiten in the sun; legitimist.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
--you have fallen upon the Halakazi, and doubtless have killed many innocent people with that great axe of yours, also you have left nearly half of the soldiers of the Axe to whiten in the Swazi caves, and in exchange have brought back certain cattle of a small breed, and girls and children whom we must nourish!
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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