From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS.
bl[=a]cian, bl?can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw.
bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[=a]c pale.
See {Bleak}, a.]
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains,
from; to blanch; to whiten.
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The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the
bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action
of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous
acid. --Ure.
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Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying
clime. --Smollett.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bleached \Bleached\, a.
Whitened; make white.
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Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching
stain,
Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. --Byron.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
dyed \dyed\ adj.
1. colored or impregnated with dye. [Narrower terms:
{dyed-in-the-wool, yarn-dyed}; {hennaed}] {undyed}
Syn: tinted.
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2. having a new color imparted by impregnation with dye;
having an artificially produced color; not naturally
colored. [Narrower terms: {bleached}]
Syn: colored.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bleached
adj 1: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-
bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale
washed-out blue"; "washy colors" [syn: {bleached},
{faded}, {washed-out}, {washy}]
2: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a
bleached blonde" [syn: {bleached}, {colored}, {coloured},
{dyed}]
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