Definitions from Wiktionary (bleach)
▸ noun: (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
▸ noun: (countable) A variety of bleach.
▸ verb: (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
▸ verb: (intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
▸ noun: An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Pale; bleak.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A disease of the skin characterized by hypopigmentation and itching, believed in the 17th century to be a form of leprosy.
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▸ noun: (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
▸ noun: (countable) A variety of bleach.
▸ verb: (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
▸ verb: (intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
▸ noun: An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Pale; bleak.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A disease of the skin characterized by hypopigmentation and itching, believed in the 17th century to be a form of leprosy.
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whitener,
decolor,
decolorize,
bleaching agent,
blanching agent,
bleach out,
discolorize,
bleaky,
blewe,
attery,
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