verb🔗ShareОтбеливатьTo 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. "Она отбеливает свои старые джинсы, чтобы придать им более светлый и модный вид.chemistrymaterialsubstanceprocessappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareОтбеливать, выцветатьTo be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example)."The sun was bleaching the red paint on the old barn, making it look faded. "Солнце выцветало красную краску на старом сарае, делая его выцветшим.appearancechemistrymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareОбесцвечивание, выцветание(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."Как только начинается обесцвечивание кораллов, кораллы, как правило, продолжают выцветать, даже если стрессор устранен.environmentbiologyecologyoceananimalorganismcolorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareОбессмысливать, лишать смыслаTo make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty."semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"Семантически обессмысленные слова, ставшие иллокутивными частицами.abstractphilosophymindlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareОтбеливаниеThe 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. "Отбеливание моей белой рубашки полностью удалило кофейное пятно.processchemistrysubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareУтрата, удалениеThe 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
