bleach

(blēch)

v. bleached, bleach·ing, bleach·es

v.tr.

a. To remove the color from, as by means of chemical agents or sunlight: Over time, the exposure to sunlight bleached the rug in front of the window.

b. To make white or colorless: Dawn bleached the mountains.

2. To whiten by causing the death or expulsion of algal symbionts from (coral).

v.intr.

1. To act as or use a bleach.

2. To become white as a result of the loss of algal symbionts, usually following an environmental stress such as increased water temperature. Used of coral.

1. A chemical agent used for bleaching.

a. The act of bleaching.

b. The degree of bleaching obtained.

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

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Translations

bleaching

[ˈbliːtʃɪŋ]

A. N → decoloración f

B. CPD bleaching agent N → decolorante m
bleaching powder N → polvos mpl de blanqueo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bleaching

n → Bleichen nt; they need a good bleaching → sie müssten richtig gebleicht werden

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bleaching

[ˈbliːtʃɪŋ] n → decolorazione f; (of hair) → ossigenazione f