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bleaching

/ˈbliːtʃɪŋ/

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verb

Blanchir

To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

Examples :

"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.

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verb

Blanchir, décolorer

To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).

Examples :

"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.

appearance chemistry material

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verb

Blanchir, décoloration

(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."

Une fois que le blanchissement des coraux commence, les coraux ont tendance à continuer à blanchir même si le facteur de stress est supprimé.

environment biology ecology ocean animal organism color

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verb

Vider de son sens, dévoyer

To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.

Examples :

"semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"

Des mots sémantiquement vidés de leur sens qui sont devenus des particules illocutoires.

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noun

Blanchiment

The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.

Examples :

"The bleaching of my white shirt removed the coffee stain completely. "

Le blanchiment de ma chemise blanche a complètement enlevé la tache de café.

process chemistry substance

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noun

Perte, effacement

The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.

Examples :

"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." "

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