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bleach

  [bleech]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
2. Photography. to convert (the silver image of a negative or print) to a silver halide, either to remove the image or to change its tone.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become whiter or lighter in color.
–noun
4. a bleaching agent.
5. degree of paleness achieved in bleaching.
6. an act of bleaching.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME blechen, OE blǣcean, deriv. of blāc pale; c. ON bleikja, OHG bleichēn

Related forms:
bleach⋅a⋅ble, adjective
bleach⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. See whiten.
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bleach   (blēch)   
v.   bleached, bleach·ing, bleach·es

v.   tr.
  1. To remove the color from, as by means of chemical agents or sunlight.
  2. To make white or colorless.
v.   intr.
To become white or colorless.
n.  
  1. A chemical agent used for bleaching.
    1. The act of bleaching.
    2. The degree of bleaching obtained.

[Middle English blechen, from Old English blǣcan; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Bleached

Bleached\, a. Whitened; make white.

Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. --Byron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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