Usually means: Making something lighter or paler.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word whitening:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. whitening: Merriam-Webster
  2. whitening: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. whitening: Collins English Dictionary
  4. whitening: Vocabulary.com
  5. Whitening, whitening: Wordnik
  6. whitening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. whitening: Wiktionary
  8. whitening: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. whitening: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. whitening: Dictionary.com
  11. whitening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Whitening (leather processing), Whitening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Whitening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. whitening: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. whitening: Rhymezone
  16. Whitening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. whitening: FreeDictionary.org
  18. whitening: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. whitening: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See whiten as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (whitening)

noun:  A substance, such as a bleach, used to make something white or whiter.
noun:  Whiting, a kind of fine white chalk.
noun:  The process of making something white or whiter.

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