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Audio Help [hwahyt-n, wahyt-n] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| to make or become white. |
—Synonyms Whiten, blanch, bleach mean to make or become white. To whiten implies giving a white color or appearance by putting a substance of some kind on the outside: to whiten shoes. To blanch implies taking away natural or original color throughout: to blanch celery by growing it in the dark. To bleach implies making white by placing in (sun) light or by using chemicals: to bleach linen, hair.
—Antonyms blacken.
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Whiten
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tr. & intr.v. whit·ened, whit·en·ing, whit·ens To make or become white or whiter, especially by bleaching. whit'en·er n. |
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| whiten | |
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| turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [ant: black] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈwhiten verb
to make or become white or whiter
Example: She used a little bleach to whiten the sheets.
See also: whitening, whitewash, whitish, white-collar, white-hot, white, white elephant, white horse, white lieExample: She used a little bleach to whiten the sheets.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Whiten
Blanch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [OE. blanchen, blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. 2. (Gardening) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together. 3. (Confectionery & Cookery) (a) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. (b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices. 4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.). 5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. 6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. --Tillotson. Syn: To Blanch, Whiten. Usage: To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually (though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the surface of the object in question. To blanch is to whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e., by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Whiten
Whit"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hv[=i]tna.] To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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