"blonden" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blondens [present, singular, third-person], blondening [participle, present], blondened [participle, past], blondened [past]
Etymology: From blond + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blond|en|id2=inchoative}} blond + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} blonden (third-person singular simple present blondens, present participle blondening, simple past and past participle blondened)
  1. (intransitive) To turn blond Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-blonden-en-verb-4ksa41BA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50
  2. (transitive) To make blond Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-blonden-en-verb-O9pb6nCd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50

Inflected forms

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