Bleach
11bleach — vb *whiten, etiolate, decolorize, blanch Antonyms: dye …
12bleach — [v] whiten achromatize, blanch, blench, decolor, decolorize, etiolate, fade, grow pale, lighten, make pale, peroxide, wash out; concept 250 Ant. blacken, darken, yellow …
13bleach — [blēch] vt. [ME blechen < OE blǣcan < IE * bhlēig , to gleam (> BLEAK2) < base * bhel , to gleam > BLACK, ON blikja, turn pale] 1. to remove color from by means of chemicals or by exposure to the sun s rays 2. to whiten; blanch vi …
14bleach|er|y — «BLEE chuhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. a place where bleaching is done …
15Bleach — For other uses, see Bleach (disambiguation). Commercial Clorox sodium hypochlorite bleach Bleach refers to a number of chemicals that remove color, whiten, or disinfect, often via oxidation. Common chemical bleaches include household chlorine… …
16Bleach — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Bleach », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Bleach fait référence à plusieurs… …
17bleach — {{11}}bleach (n.) act of bleaching, 1887; a bleaching agent, 1898, probably directly from BLEACH (Cf. bleach) (v.). The Old English noun blæce meant leprosy; Late O.E. also had blæco paleness, and M.E. had blech whitening or bleaching agent.… …
18bleach — [[t]bli͟ːtʃ[/t]] bleaches, bleaching, bleached 1) VERB If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour. [V n] These products don t bleach the hair... [V n] Commercial flour is bleached artificially. [V ed]… …
19bleach — 1. noun a) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. b) A variety of bleach. 2. verb a) …
20bleach — Synonyms and related words: achromatization, achromatize, besnow, blanch, blanching, bleach out, bleacher, bleaching, bleaching agent, bleaching powder, blench, bowdlerize, chalk, change color, chlorine, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear …
