Noun bleach has 3 senses
  1. bleach - the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
    --1 is a kind of
    white, whiteness
    Derived form: verb bleach1
  2. bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener - an agent that makes things white or colorless
    --2 is a kind of agent
    --2 is a substance of bleach liquor; liquid bleach
    --2 has particulars:
     benzoyl peroxide; bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime; calcium hypochlorite; chlorine dioxide; chlorine water; Clorox; sodium hypochlorite
    Derived form: verb bleach2
  3. bleach - the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
    --3 is a kind of
    whitening, lightening
    --3 has particulars: etiolation
    Derived form: verb bleach2
,Verb bleach has 2 senses
  1. bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise - remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
    --1 is one way to discolor
    Derived forms: noun bleach1, noun bleacher1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. bleach - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
    --2 is one way to
    whiten, white
    Derived forms: noun bleach2, noun bleach3, noun bleacher1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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