Sekirov Dictionary

bleach

/bliːt͡ʃ/

verb 4
noun 4
adjective 1
forms 8

verb4

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To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
- Candifacio, to make whyte, to bleache, to make to glowe lyke a burnyng cole. — 1538
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To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
- The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! — 1610
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To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
- Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.
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(figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
- semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles

noun4

A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A variety of bleach.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
(no longer used) A disease of the skin characterized by hypopigmentation and itching, believed in the 17th century to be a form of leprosy.

adjective1

(no longer used) Pale; bleak.

forms

bleached · bleacht · bleaching · bleaches · bleacher · more bleach · bleachest · most bleach

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