verb🔗ShareBlanchirTo treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair)."She is bleaching her old jeans to give them a lighter, more fashionable look. "Elle blanchit son vieux jean pour lui donner un look plus clair et plus à la mode.chemistrymaterialsubstanceprocessappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBlanchir, décolorerTo be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example)."The sun was bleaching the red paint on the old barn, making it look faded. "Le soleil décolorait la peinture rouge sur la vieille grange, la faisant paraître fanée.appearancechemistrymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBlanchir, décoloration(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae."Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed."Une fois que le blanchissement des coraux commence, les coraux ont tendance à continuer à blanchir même si le facteur de stress est supprimé.environmentbiologyecologyoceananimalorganismcolorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVider de son sens, dévoyerTo make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty."semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"Des mots sémantiquement vidés de leur sens qui sont devenus des particules illocutoires.abstractphilosophymindlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBlanchimentThe process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents."The bleaching of my white shirt removed the coffee stain completely. "Le blanchiment de ma chemise blanche a complètement enlevé la tache de café.processchemistrysubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePerte, effacementThe loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme."Here is a sentence illustrating the "bleaching" of a word, using a simple, clear example: "The bleaching of the word 'literally' to mean 'figuratively' annoys many traditional grammar users." "languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
