bleaching
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bleaching
- /ˈbliːt͡ʃɪŋ/
Rhymes with -iːtʃɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of bleach
noun bleachings
- The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
- The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme. Grammaticalization is often associated with 'semantic bleaching', and this 'bleaching' is the result of reanalysis […] But there is no evidence that the bleaching of the meaning of do played any role in the causation of this sequence of events.
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Closest in meaning: decolor, decolorize, bleaching agent, whitener, blanching agent, bleach out, discolorize, whitening, blanching, whitewash, dyeing, laundry, laundering, discoloration, discolouration, photopigment
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@misc{bleaching_2026,
title = {bleaching},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleaching},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
