"discolor" meaning in English

See discolor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: discolors [present, singular, third-person], discoloring [participle, present], discolored [participle, past], discolored [past]
Etymology: From Middle English discoloren, discoloren, from Old French descolorer, discolorer, equivalent to dis- + color. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|discoloren}} Middle English discoloren, {{der|en|fro|descolorer}} Old French descolorer, {{pre|en|dis|color}} dis- + color Head templates: {{en-verb}} discolor (third-person singular simple present discolors, present participle discoloring, simple past and past participle discolored)
  1. (American spelling) To change or lose color. Tags: US Synonyms: discolour [British] Derived forms: discoloration, discolorer, discolorment Translations ((intransitive) to change or lose color): 變色 (Chinese Mandarin), 变色 (biànsè) (Chinese Mandarin), värjäytyä (Finnish), värjääntyä (Finnish), sich verfärben (German), veerrä (Ingrian), 変色する (henshoku suru) (alt: へんしょくする) (Japanese), обесцве́чиваться (obescvéčivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обесцве́титься (obescvétitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), выцвета́ть (vycvetátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́цвести (výcvesti) [perfective] (Russian), decolorarse (Spanish), descolorarse (Spanish), descolorirse (Spanish) Translations ((transitive) to change or lose color): värjätä (Finnish), verfärben (German), обесцве́чивать (obescvéčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обесцве́тить (obescvétitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), decolorar (Spanish), descolorar (Spanish), descolorir (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "discolored",
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          "text": "Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "A bad enough bruise can discolor the skin.",
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        "To change or lose color."
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        "(American spelling) To change or lose color."
      ],
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          "word": "discolour"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "變色"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biànsè",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "变色"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "värjäytyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "värjääntyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "sich verfärben"
        },
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "veerrä"
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          "alt": "へんしょくする",
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          "roman": "henshoku suru",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "変色する"
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          "roman": "obescvéčivatʹsja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
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          ],
          "word": "обесцве́чиваться"
        },
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          "roman": "obescvétitʹsja",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
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          ],
          "word": "обесцве́титься"
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          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
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          ],
          "word": "вы́цвести"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "decolorarse"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "descolorarse"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "descolorirse"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "värjätä"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "verfärben"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obescvéčivatʹ",
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        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "decolorar"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
          "word": "descolorar"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
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        }
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  "word": "discolor"
}
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    {
      "word": "discoloration"
    },
    {
      "word": "discolorer"
    },
    {
      "word": "discolorment"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "discoloring",
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      "form": "discolored",
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          "text": "A bad enough bruise can discolor the skin.",
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        "(American spelling) To change or lose color."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "變色"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànsè",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "变色"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "värjäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "värjääntyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "sich verfärben"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "veerrä"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんしょくする",
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      "roman": "henshoku suru",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "変色する"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обесцве́чиваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obescvétitʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обесцве́титься"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vycvetátʹ",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выцвета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výcvesti",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "вы́цвести"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "decolorarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "descolorarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "descolorirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "värjätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "verfärben"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obescvéčivatʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
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      ],
      "word": "обесцве́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obescvétitʹ",
      "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обесцве́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "decolorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "descolorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(transitive) to change or lose color",
      "word": "descolorir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "discolor"
}

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