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bleach

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verb \ˈblēch\

Definition of BLEACH

transitive verb
1
: to remove color or stains from
2
a : to make whiter or lighter especially by physical or chemical removal of color <bleach clothing> <the sun had bleached her hair> b : to remove, make dull, or sanitize as if by removing color <bleaches colonialism of its genocidal legacy — H. A. Giroux>
intransitive verb
1
: to grow white or lose color
2
of coral : to expel symbiotic zooxanthellae exposing a white skeleton
bleach·able \ˈblē-chə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of BLEACH

  1. bones bleached white by the sun
  2. She bleached her hair blonde.

Origin of BLEACH

Middle English blechen, from Old English blǣcean; akin to Old English blāc pale; probably akin to Latin flagrare to burn — more at black
First Known Use: before 12th century

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