Definitions for: Bleach

[n] the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
[n] the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
[n] an agent that makes things white or colorless
[v] make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
[v] remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

Webster (1913) Definition: Bleach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bleaching.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS.
bl[=a]cian, bl?can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw.
bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[=a]c pale.
See Bleak, a.]
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains,
from; to blanch; to whiten.

The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the
bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action
of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous
acid. --Ure.

Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the
tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. --Smollett.

Bleach, v. i.
To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

Synonyms: blanching agent, bleach out, bleaching agent, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise, whitener

See Also: agent, benzoyl peroxide, bleach liquor, bleaching powder, calcium hypochlorite, chloride of lime, chlorine dioxide, chlorine water, Clorox, discolor, lightening, liquid bleach, peroxide, sodium hypochlorite, white, white, whiten, whiteness, whitening

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