bleached; bleaching; bleaches
Definition of bleach
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to remove color or stains from
2a
: 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
1
: to grow white or lose color
2
of coral
: to expel symbiotic zooxanthellae exposing a white skeleton
bleach
nounDefinition of bleach (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: the act or process of bleaching
2
: a preparation used in bleaching
3
: the degree of whiteness obtained by bleaching
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