She was but thirty at the time of her death, and yet her hair had already begun to whiten.
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Whiten
//ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən//
Synonyms for "whiten" (84 found)
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Translations
92 translations across 38 languages.
Ainu
1 entries- レタㇻ verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λευκαίνω verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Arabic
2 entries- اِبْيَضَّ verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- بَيَّضَ verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Aromanian
1 entries- alghescu verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܚܵܘܹܪ verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- ܡܲܚܘܸܪ verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Bulgarian
2 entries- избелвам verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- побелявам verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Catalan
2 entries- blanquejar verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- blanquejar verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Esperanto
2 entries- blankigi verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- blankiĝi verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Finnish
4 entries- vaalentaa verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- vaalentua verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- vaaleta verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- valkaista verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
French
2 entries- blanchir verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- blanchir verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Galician
2 entries- albear verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- branquear verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
German
2 entries- weiß werden verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- weißen verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Greek
4 entries- ασπρίζω verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- ασπρίζω verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- λευκαίνω verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- λευκαίνω verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִלְבִּין verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Hungarian
1 entries- fehérít verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Ido
2 entries- blankeskar verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- blankigar verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Indonesian
2 entries- memutih verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- putihkan verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Irish
2 entries- aol verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- bánaigh verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Italian
4 entries- imbiancare verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- imbiancarsi verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- sbiancare verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- sbiancarsi verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Japanese
4 entries- 白くする verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- 白くなる verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- 白ばむ verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- 白む verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Korean
3 entries- 하얗게 하다 verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- 하얘지다 verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- 희어지다 verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Latin
2 entries- albicō verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- albō verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Malay
2 entries- memutih verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- putihkan verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Māori
2 entries- whakamā verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- whakapūaho verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بیاضلاتمق verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- بیاضلانمق verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Polish
4 entries- bieleć verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- bielić verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- bielić się verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- zbieleć verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Portuguese
3 entries- branquear verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- embranquecer verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- embranquecer verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Romanian
2 entries- albi verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- albi verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Russian
4 entries- беле́ть verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- бели́ть verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- отбе́ливать verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- отбели́ть verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Santali
2 entries- ᱯᱳᱱᱰ verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- ᱯᱳᱱᱰ verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Sicilian
2 entries- abbianchiari verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- abbianchiari verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Spanish
2 entries- blanquear verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- blanquear verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Swedish
4 entries- bleka verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- göra vit verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- göra vitare verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- vitna verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Telugu
1 entries- తెల్లబడు verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Turkish
4 entries- aklamak verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- aklanmak verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- ağarmak verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
- ağartmak verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Ukrainian
1 entries- біли́ти verb (to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Welsh
1 entries- gwynnu verb (to make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Age had whitened his hair.
Source: wiktionary
The trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
Source: wiktionary
Whenever black people are furious with me, I walk over to them and whiten their face, and scream and scream and scream 'daddy’s the boss.'
Source: wiktionary
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