Overview of noun bleach

The noun bleach has 3 senses

• bleach -- (the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications")


• bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener -- (an agent that makes things white or colorless)


• bleach -- (the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent))

Overview of verb bleach

The verb bleach has 2 senses

• bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise -- (remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt")


• bleach -- (make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry")