Discolor
/dɪsˈkʰʌlə(ɹ)/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To change or lose color. US
"Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor."
- 2 change color, often in an undesired manner wordnet
- 3 cause to lose or change color wordnet
- 4 lose color or turn colorless wordnet
Example
More examples"Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor."
Etymology
From Middle English discoloren, discoloren, from Old French descolorer, discolorer, equivalent to dis- + color.