"whiten" meaning in English

See whiten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈ(h)waɪtn̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whiten.wav [UK] Forms: whiten [canonical], whitens [third-person, singular], whitened [past], whitened [past, participle], whitening [present, participle]
Etymology: white + -en Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|white|en}} white + -en Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you whiten something, you make it white or lighter in colour.
    Sense id: simple-whiten-en-verb-E3e4cqOb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -en
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