bleach

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the whiteness that results from removing the color from something (Freq. 1)
- a complete bleach usually requires several applications
• Hypernyms:
white, whiteness
2. an agent that makes things white or colorless
• Syn:
bleaching agent, blanching agent, whitener
• Derivationally related forms:
whiten (for: whitener)
• Hypernyms:
agent
• Hyponyms:
benzoyl peroxide, bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime, calcium hypochlorite,
chlorine dioxide, chlorine water, Clorox, sodium hypochlorite
• Substance Holonyms:
bleach liquor, liquid bleach
3. the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
• Hypernyms:
whitening, lightening
• Hyponyms:
etiolation

II - verb

1. remove color from (Freq. 1)
- The sun bleached the red shirt
• Syn:
bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize,
decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise
• Derivationally related forms:
bleacher
• Hypernyms:
discolor
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make whiter or lighter
- bleach the laundry
• Derivationally related forms:
bleacher
• Hypernyms:
whiten, white
• Hyponyms:
peroxide
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bleaching agent, blanching agent, whitener