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bleached

The correct spelling is bleached.

How to pronounce bleached

verb

IPA: /bliːtʃt/

Say it like: Blee-che-d

The correct spelling is bleached. To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair). 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

Bleached cotton

Meanings

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.

adjective

  1. 1.Whitened; made white using bleach
  2. 2.Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
  3. 3.Having the hair lightened by bleaching.

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