bleach

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bleach englannista suomeksi

Pale; bleak.
To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
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To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale)
(RQ:Alcott Little Men) when Mrs. Giddy-gaddy came to take out her clothes, deep green stains appeared on every thing, for she had forgotten the green silk lining of a certain cape, and its color had soaked nicely into the pink and blue gowns, the little chemises, and even the best ruffled petticoat. (..) “Lay them on the grass to bleach,” said Daisy, with an air of experience.
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To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.

(ux)

To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
A chemical, such as hypochlorite or peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A variety of bleach.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
A disease of the skin characterized by hypopigmentation and itching, believed in the 17th century to be a form a leprosy.
To stay awake through the night.
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