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bleach

The correct spelling is bleach.

How to pronounce bleach

adjective

Say it like: Blee-ch

The correct spelling is bleach. Pale; bleak. For example: "Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed."

Usage Examples

Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.

semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles

Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.Pale; bleak.

noun

  1. 1.A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
  2. 2.A variety of bleach.
  3. 3.An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
  4. 4.A disease of the skin.

verb

  1. 1.To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
  2. 2.To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
  3. 3.(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
  4. 4.To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.

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