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bleaching

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Main Entry:
1bleach Listen to the pronunciation of 1bleach
Pronunciation:
\ˈblēch\
Function:
verb
Etymology:
Middle English blechen, from Old English blǣcean; akin to Old English blāc pale; probably akin to Latin flagrare to burn — more at black
Date:
before 12th century
transitive verb1: to remove color or stains from2 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 verb1: to grow white or lose color2of coral : to expel symbiotic zooxanthellae exposing a white skeleton
— bleach·able Listen to the pronunciation of bleachable \ˈblē-chə-bəl\ adjective
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