The action or an act of making something white in colour (by bleaching, whitewashing, etc.); the action of becoming white in colour. Also figurative.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [noun] (21) whitening1576 The action or an act of making something white in colour (by bleaching, whitewashing, etc.); the action of becoming white in colour. Also figurative. blanching1600 The action of making white: see the verb. Also in Cookery: see blanch, v.1 2a. albationa1692 The process of becoming white; (Alchemy) = albification, n. rare. Now historical. Subcategories:— by covering or coating (3) — bleaching (15) |
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