I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Soak the cloth in a mixture of bleach and water to get out the stains.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clean rocks, plastic plants, etc in a bucket of warm water with a cupful of household bleach .
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Do not use bleach on the skin.
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For example, it can not survive in very hot water, in bleach or detergent.
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I poured bleach down the loo.
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In fact though, Henry argued to himself, punch usually tasted of bleach .
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Really she was getting off lightly with a few glasses of bleach .
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Time allowed 00:13 Read in studio Ninety people are to lose their jobs at a bleach factory.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I'm going to bleach these curtains and see if I can get the stains out.
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I can't believe she bleached her hair.
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The bones had been bleached in the desert sun.
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To play the part, Kensit had to bleach her hair and gain 20 pounds.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As for the remedies - try waxing, bleaching and shaving.
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In the center of the kitchen was a large pine table, bleached by age, with benches on either side.
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Neither do they need to be bleached.
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Red noses, purple hands, hair bleached a premature white by anxiety and poverty.
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The photo appears, the boys standing drunkenly at an angle, inert and bleached, the fish in darkness.