bleach
[blit͡ʃ]noun, verb1 syllable
Bleach means: cause to become white or lighter in color.
Synonyms for bleach15
noun, as in an agent that makes things white or colorless
bleaching agent, blanching agent, whitener
verb, as in cause to become white or lighter in color
bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise
What does bleach mean?5
verb
1
cause to become white or lighter in color“The sun bleached the red shirt”
2
make whiter or lighter“bleach the laundry”
noun
1
an agent that makes things white or colorless
2
the whiteness that results from removing the color from something“a complete bleach usually requires several applications”
3
the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with bleach?12
Bleach in a sentence
- Yanni never uses bleach to wash his hands.Amastan
- I used too much bleach and made a hole in my shirt.orcrist
- You can bleach and dye your hair at home.Hybrid
- My nerdy friend said it's dangerous to mix muriatic acid and bleach.mervert1
- It's better not to use bleach if you don't need it.CK
- Yanni poisoned himself with a bottle of bleach.Amastan
- Martino took a bottle of bleach to kill the worms.Amastan
- Bleach is a strong chemical used for cleaning.OsoHombre
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Forms of bleach
as a noun
- plural
- bleaches
as a verb
- past tense
- bleached
- present participle
- bleaching
- third-person singular
- bleaches
- past participle
- bleached