bleach
bleach
Definition
bleach (blēc̸h)
transitive verb
- to remove color from by means of chemicals or by exposure to the sun's rays
- to whiten; blanch
Etymology: ME blechen < OE blǣcan < IE *bhlēig-, to gleam (> bleak) < base *bhel-, to gleam > black, ON blikja, turn pale
intransitive verb
to become white, colorless, or pale
noun
- a bleaching or whitening
- any substance used for bleaching
- the degree of whiteness resulting from bleaching
bleach
Synonyms
bleach
Usage Examples
Object
- dyeing: New Mills became an important center for cotton spinning, bleaching, dyeing and printing.
- pulp: Making one ton of bleached chemical pulp requires 120,000 or more liters of water.
- gel: Then, the bleaching gel is painted onto your teeth and a special, bright light is pointed at them.
- powder: Later the entire pile was covered with copious quantities of bleaching powder.
- linen: One period technique of bleaching linen is to use urine.
- bone: Further along lie a few bleached bones, a fragment of a jaw.
Converse of object
- dilute: Prompt cleaning and disinfection with dilute bleach of any area contaminated by vomit.
- pour: The victim was stripped and had bleach poured on her head wounds and on her pubic region.
- contain: They say that during the agency which contains bleach or unable to.
Subject
- sun: After cleaning the straw is then boiled or ' cooked ' before being dried and bleached by the sun.
Adjective modifier
- diluted: Cleaning the affected area with diluted bleach or sodium bicarbonate solution will aid the removal of these growths.
- liquid: In an emergency, use liquid bleach to purify drinking water.
Modifies a noun
- bottle: Please wash all bleach bottles to prevent the loaders from receiving chemical burns.
- solution: Really stubborn stains can be removed by soaking in a mild bleach solution for a few minutes.
Noun used with modifier
- hypochlorite: In fact the only means of detoxification at this time was by oxidation with hypochlorite bleaches.
- chlorine: Even imports of chlorine bleach into Iraq have to be approved.
- household: Remove mold using household bleach or a fungicide solution.
Adjective complement
- white: Set into a private area of the estate, the cottage is built of native stone, bleached white.
Preposition: in
- sun: Wool was usually dyed after the fleece had been washed, whereas linen was bleached in the sun to make it whiter.
Preposition: by
- sun: After cleaning the straw is then boiled or ' cooked ' before being dried and bleached by the sun.
Browse dictionary entries near bleach
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- bldr
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- blazonry
- blazonries
- blazonment
- blazoner
- blazon
- blazing star
- blazing
- bleacher
- bleacherite
- bleachers
- bleaching powder
- bleak
- bleakly
- bleakness
- bleaks
- blear
- bleareyed
