to bleach
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3.2
- verb
- /bliːtʃ/
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blanquear
- After the sun had dried them, the owners decided to bleach the wooden decks for a cleaner appearance.
- bleached hair
- bleached blond
- bleached white
This looks like I'm about to bleach my hair.
- This looks like I'm about to bleach my hair.
- Then bleach the skin, Bleach the hair, wax the hair, bleach the skin.
- So I then decided that I would bleach it.
- And then I'm going to go to the store, get some bleach and probably bleach bath my whole head.
- But this basically like removes any dye in your hair without bleaching it.
- So to get my hair any color that isn't that, I have to bleach it.
- So like this is not white, but this is one that I'm going to like bleach tie dye because I feel like that would look really, really cool.
- And these terms that you might hear that are used as a processing technique, techniques are things like bleaching and deodorisation.
- I want that CUDA but we got to bleach our creases.
Examples
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I hope she doesn't decide to bleach her hair like Aunt Honey's, Molly flashed.
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You know, they, they bleach them and then they dye them.
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Maybe I should bleach my hair, change my life, you know?
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OK, guys, please post in the comments if I should cut my hair really short and bleach it pink.
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This looks like I'm about to bleach my hair.
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And then I'm going to go to the store, get some bleach and probably bleach bath my whole head.
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I thought Mary Lee had bleached them.
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OK, guys, today's video is going to be me bleaching, not dying, bleaching Tyler's hair.
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I decided to bleach my old jeans to give them a fresh look.
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She used harsh chemicals to bleach the fabric, making it much lighter.
Synonyms
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2.3
To make a place or color look brighter
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4.3
To cover walls with a thin white paint made from lime and water
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2.8
Make or become more white in color
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3.8
Make clothes and similar things much lighter in color, usually by sunlight or chemicals
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6.4
To make hair lighter using a bleaching chemical
To take the color out of something like fabric or a photograph
To make something lose its color or become lighter
To make something lose its color
To make something lose its color or become lighter
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
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3.8
Make clothes and similar things much lighter in color, usually by sunlight or chemicals
Compounds
How White
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bleach comes from an old English word blāc meaning 'pale' or 'white' and is related to blank, so to bleach something is to make it whiter or lighter by using sun or chemicals.