Definitions for: Whiten


[v] turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"



Webster (1913) Definition: Whit"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whitening.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hv[=i]tna.]
To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the
hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees
in spring whiten with blossoms.


Whit"en, v. t.
To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to
whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.

The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast
flocks of wild swans. --Macaulay.

Syn: See Blanch.

Synonyms: white

Antonyms: black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify

See Also: blanco, bleach, color, colour, discolor, discolour

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