verb Download 🔗Share To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair). Examples : "She bleached her hair blonde for the summer. " material substance appearance chemistry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example). Examples : "The sun bleached the red beach umbrella, making it look faded and pink. " appearance material color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae. Examples : "Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed." environment biology ecology ocean animal color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty. Examples : "semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles" abstract philosophy mind language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Whitened; made white using bleach Examples : "Bleached cotton" appearance material chemistry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight. Examples : "The old wooden fence was bleached by the sun after years of exposure. " weather appearance environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having the hair lightened by bleaching. Examples : "My sister got her hair bleached blonde for her school play. " appearance body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading