(bleaches, bleaching, bleached)
1.
If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
These products don't bleach the hair.
...bleached pine tables.
...a bleaching agent.
VERB: V n, V-ed, V-ing
2.
If the sun bleaches something, or something bleaches, its colour gets paler until it is almost white.
The tree's roots are stripped and hung to season and bleach...
The sun will bleach the hairs on your face...
VERB: V, V n
3.
Bleach is a chemical that is used to make cloth white, or to clean things thoroughly and kill germs.
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