bleach
b leech
- n the whiteness that results from removing the color from something
a complete bleach usually requires several applications - n an agent that makes things white or colorless
- n the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
- v remove color from
The sun bleached the red shirt - v make whiter or lighter
bleach the laundry
- The only real gripe is the flash, which is so overpowering that it tends to bleach everything that's too close.
- Never mind the bleach: the idea of having kids care for themselves, separate from parents, rings faintly abusive in itself.
- The nostalgia surrounding Rogers-Astaire tends to bleach out other partners.