verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To deprive of colour; to bleach. transitive
2. 2
   cause to become white or lighter in color wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bleachbleachbleach outdecolordecolorisedecolorize

Etymology

From de- + colour.

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