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/bliːt͡ʃ/ · noun
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening..
Candifacio, to make whyte, to bleache, to make to glowe lyke a burnyng cole.
The destruction of the colouring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid.
The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing!
[…] when Mrs. Giddy-gaddy came to take out her clothes, deep green stains appeared on every thing, for she had forgotten the green silk lining of a certain cape, and its color had soaked nicely into the pink and blue gowns, the little chemises, and even the best ruffled petticoat. […] “Lay them on the grass to bleach,” said Daisy, with an air of experience.
The autumn trees, ravaged as they are, take on the flash of tattered flags kindling in the gloom of cool cathedral caves where gold letters on marble pages describe death in battle and how bones bleach and burn far away in Indian sands.
Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.
semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles
Use bleach when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bleach means (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening..
Common synonyms include blanch, whitewash, decolorize, decolor.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Candifacio, to make whyte, to bleache, to make to glowe lyke a burnyng cole.
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