"bleach" meaning in English

See bleach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bliːt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-bleach.ogg [US] Forms: bleach [singular], bleaches [plural]
enPR: blēch Head templates: {{noun|bleach|bleaches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Bleach is a chemical used to make things white.
    Sense id: simple-bleach-en-noun-5zG-JknM

Verb

IPA: /bliːt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-bleach.ogg [US] Forms: bleach [canonical], bleaches [third-person, singular], bleached [past], bleached [past, participle], bleaching [present, participle]
enPR: blēch Head templates: {{verb|bleach|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Bleaching something means to make it become white or even colorless.
    Sense id: simple-bleach-en-verb-0wsDbAmA
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        {
          "text": "She bleached her brown hair so she could impersonate the blonde Marilyn Monroe in the talent show."
        },
        {
          "text": "I will bleach my white shirts to take out those ink stains."
        },
        {
          "text": "Bleaching your white shirts will take out ink stains."
        }
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        {
          "text": "She bleached her brown hair so she could impersonate the blonde Marilyn Monroe in the talent show."
        },
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          "text": "I will bleach my white shirts to take out those ink stains."
        },
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          "text": "Bleaching your white shirts will take out ink stains."
        }
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      "enpr": "blēch"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        }
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      ]
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