Bleached

Bleached
Bleach 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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. --Smollett. [1913 Webster]


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  • Bleached — Bleached, a. Whitened; make white. [1913 Webster] Let their bleached bones, and blood s unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleached — [ blitʃt ] adjective made very pale by chemicals or strong SUNLIGHT: bleached blond hair bleached denim/wood …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bleached — bleached; un·bleached; …   English syllables

  • bleached — UK [bliːtʃt] / US [blɪtʃt] adjective made very pale by chemicals or strong sunlight bleached blonde hair bleached denim/wood/flour …   English dictionary

  • bleached — adjective 1. having lost freshness or brilliance of color (Freq. 1) sun bleached deck chairs faded jeans a very pale washed out blue washy colors • Syn: ↑faded, ↑washed out, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bleached — dyed dyed adj. 1. colored or impregnated with dye. [Narrower terms: {dyed in the wool, yarn dyed}; {hennaed}] {undyed} Syn: tinted. [WordNet 1.5] 2. having a new color imparted by impregnation with dye; having an artificially produced color; not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleached — adjective whitened; made white using bleach Bleached cotton …   Wiktionary

  • bleached — adj. Bleached is used with these nouns: ↑bone …   Collocations dictionary

  • bleached — Synonyms and related words: bare, barren, blanched, bland, blank, bleached white, bright, characterless, clean, cleanly, clear, dainty, decolored, decolorized, devoid, dirt free, drained, drained of color, empty, eroded, faded, fair, fastidious,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bleached —   Kuakea.    ♦ Bleached muslin, ke oke o wai; ke oke o maoli (good quality); ke oke o pia (inferior quality) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

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