(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
These products don’t ~ the hair.
...~ed pine tables.
...a ~ing agent.
VERB: V n, V-ed, V-ing
2.
If the sun ~es something, or something ~es, its colour gets paler until it is almost white.
The tree’s roots are stripped and hung to season and ~...
The sun will ~ the hairs on your face...
VERB: V, V n
3.
Bleach is a chemical that is used to make cloth white, or to clean things thoroughly and kill germs.
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