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bleach
(blēch)v. bleached, bleach·ing, bleach·es
v.tr.
1.
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.
n.
1. A chemical agent used for bleaching.
2.
a. The act of bleaching.
b. The degree of bleaching obtained.
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bleach
(bliːtʃ)vb
to make or become white or colourless, as by exposure to sunlight, by the action of chemical agents, etc
n
1. (Chemistry) a bleaching agent
2. the degree of whiteness resulting from bleaching
3. the act of bleaching
[Old English blǣcan; related to Old Norse bleikja, Old High German bleih pale]
ˈbleachable adj
ˈbleacher n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bleach
(blitʃ)v.t.
1. to make whiter or lighter in color; remove the color from, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent.
v.i. 2. to become whiter or lighter in color.
n. 3. a bleaching agent.
4. degree of paleness achieved in bleaching.
5. an act of bleaching.
[before 1050; Middle English blechen, Old English blǣcean]
bleach′a•ble, adj.
bleach`a•bil′i•ty, n.
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bleach
Past participle: bleached
Gerund: bleaching
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| Noun | 1. |  bleach - the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications" |
| 2. |  bleach - an agent that makes things white or colorlessbenzoyl 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" |
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bleach
verb
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bleach
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Translations
تَبْييضُ القِماشيَبْيَضُّيُبَيِّضُ
bělicí prostředekbělící roztokbělitodbarvitzbělet
blegemiddelblege
valkaisuainevalkaista
להלבין
bjelilo
fehérítőkifehérít
bleikiefni, bleikirbleikja, upplita
漂白剤漂白する
표백제
baliklisišblukintiišblukti
balinātbalinātājsizbalinātizbalot
bleekmiddelbleekwaterblekenJavel
água sanitáriadescorantelixívia
bieliaci roztokbielidlovyblednúť
blekmedelbleka
ฟอก
çamaşır suyuağar makağartıcıağartıcı maddebeyazla mak
thuốc tẩy
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bleach
n
vt linen, bones, hair, skin → bleichen; (sun) colour, fabric → verbleichen lassen, ausbleichen
vi (bones) → (ver-)bleichen; (Phot: image) → verblassen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bleach
[bliːtʃ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bleach
(bliːtʃ) noun liquid etc used for whitening clothes etc.
verb to lose colour; to whiten. The sun has bleached his red shirt; His hair bleached in the sun.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bleach
→ يُبَيِّضُ bělicí prostředek blegemiddel Bleichmittel ξεθώριασμα blanqueador, lejía valkaisuaine eau de javel bjelilo candeggina 漂白剤 표백제 bleekmiddel blekemiddel wybielacz água sanitária, lixívia отбеливатель blekmedel ฟอก ağartıcı thuốc tẩy 漂白粉Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bleach
n. blanqueador, lejía;
vt. blanquear.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bleach
n blanqueador mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.