Transcription
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- [bleech]
- /blitʃ/
- /bliːtʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bleech]
- /blitʃ/
Definitions of bleach word
- verb bleach If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour. 3
- verb bleach If the sun bleaches something, or something bleaches, its colour gets paler until it is almost white. 3
- variable noun bleach Bleach is a chemical that is used to make cloth white, or to clean things thoroughly and kill germs. 3
- verb bleach to make or become white or colourless, as by exposure to sunlight, by the action of chemical agents, etc 3
- noun bleach a bleaching agent 3
- noun bleach the degree of whiteness resulting from bleaching 3
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Origin of bleach
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English blechen, Old English blǣcean, derivative of blāc pale; cognate with Old Norse bleikja, Old High German bleichēn
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Parts of speech for Bleach
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bleach popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bleach usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bleach
verb bleach
- lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- blanch — If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale.
- blench — to shy away, as in fear; quail
- fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- achromatize — to make achromatic; to remove colour from
Antonyms for bleach
verb bleach
- darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
- blacken — To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
- yellow — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
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