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English Dictionary: bleached	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bleached
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bleached adj having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun- bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" Synonym(s): bleached, faded, washed-out, washy (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" Synonym(s): bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bleached \Bleached\, a. Whitened; make white. Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS. bl[be]cian, bl[?]can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[be]c pale. See {Bleak}, a.] To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. --Ure. Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. --Smollett.