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- DictionaryBleached/blēCHt/
adjective
- 1. made white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight: "permed and bleached hair"
A chemical agent used to whiten or remove color from textiles, paper, food, and other substances and materials. Chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and hydrogen peroxide are bleaches. Bleaches remove color by oxidation or reduction.
to remove the colour from something or make it lighter, with the use of chemicals or by the effect of light from the sun; to become lighter in this way : Gary's had his hair bleached. There was nothing there except for a pile of sun-bleached bones. The bones of oxen were bleaching in the sun beside the trail.
BLEACHED definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary. English Dictionary Thesaurus Sentences Grammar. Definition of 'bleached' Word Frequency. bleached in British English. (bliːtʃt ) adjective. made lighter in colour. a young woman with bleached hair. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Apr 27, 2024 · Definition of 'bleached' Word Frequency. bleached in British English. (bliːtʃt ) adjective. made lighter in colour. a young woman with bleached hair. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'bleached' in a sentence. bleached.
Bleach definition, to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from. See more.
to become white or pale by a chemical process or by the effect of light from the sun; to make something white or pale in this way. bleach something His hair was bleached by the sun. The paper is bleached with chlorine. bleach something + adj. She bleached her hair blonde.
3 days ago · [VERB noun] Commercial flour is bleached artificially. [VERB noun] ...bleached pine tables. [VERB-ed] ...a bleaching agent. [VERB -ing] Synonyms: lighten, wash out, blanch, peroxide More Synonyms of bleach. 2. verb. If the sun bleaches something, or something bleaches, its colour gets paler until it is almost white.
