"discolour" meaning in English

See discolour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈkʌlə/ Forms: discolour [canonical], discolours [third-person, singular], discoloured [past], discoloured [past, participle], discolouring [present, participle]
Etymology: dis- + colour Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|dis|colour}} dis- + colour Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you discolour something, you cause it to change or lose its colour.
    Sense id: simple-discolour-en-verb-47sbFkpS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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