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English Dictionary: whiten	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for whiten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whiten v turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn: whiten, white] Antonym(s): black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiten \Whit"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whitening}.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hv[c6]tna.] To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiten \Whit"en\, v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. --Macaulay. Syn: See {Blanch}.