noun
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A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
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A variety of bleach.
verb
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To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
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To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
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(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
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Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.
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To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
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semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles
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An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
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A disease of the skin.
Examples of bleaches in a Sentence
Organic cotton fabric is produced without the use of fertilizers, dyes or chemical bleaches.
The fibre bleaches with facility, up to a certain point, sufficient to enable it to take brilliant and delicate shades of dye colour, but it is with great difficulty brought to a pure white by bleaching.
The tail, too, is shorter than in the red-deer; while in winter the under parts become very dark, and the upper surface often bleaches almost white.
In fact the only means of detoxification at this time was by oxidation with hypochlorite bleaches.
The gel contains hydrogen peroxide which bleaches the teeth, together with glycerin and purified water to protect your teeth from dehydration.
Line drying in the summer is good because it sanitizes the diapers and bleaches them too.
The oxygenation process then bleaches the tooth.
Once you're created a blindingly white smile through strips, bleaches, or creams, don't sabotage your own efforts.
However, while they can slowly whiten your smile, toothpastes can't produce the same dramatic effects as bleaches because they simply don't clean as deeply.
Organic cotton is grown without synthetic fertilizers and toxins and is produced without using chemical bleaches and dyes.
Many people still recommend mixing it with other natural bleaches, such as yogurt, buttermilk or sour cream.
Over-the-counter skin bleaches don't contain as much of the active ingredient hydroquinone as prescription bleaches and may be used in less severe cases.