| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bleach |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl ch |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: bleached, bleach·ing, bleach·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To remove the color from, as by means of chemical agents or sunlight. 2. To make white or colorless. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To become white or colorless. | | NOUN: | 1. A chemical agent used for bleaching. 2a. The act of bleaching. b. The degree of bleaching obtained. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English blechen, from Old English bl can. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
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