1. The whiteness that results from removing the colour from something
   "a complete bleach usually requires several applications" 
2. An agent that makes things white or colourless
   - bleaching agent, blanching agent, whitener 
3. The act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)

1. Remove colour from
   "The sun bleached the red shirt"
   - bleach out, decolor [US], decolour [Brit, Cdn], decolorize [US], decolourize [Brit, Cdn], decolorise [Brit], decolourise [Brit], discolorize [US], discolourise [Brit, Cdn], discolorise [Brit, Cdn] 
2. Make whiter or lighter
   "bleach the laundry"

Derived forms: bleaches, bleached, bleaching

See also: bleacher

Type of: agent, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], lightening, white, whiten, whiteness, whitening

Part of: bleach liquor, liquid bleach

Encyclopedia: Bleach

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