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Definitions: Bleach |
BleachNoun1. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications". 2. An agent that makes things white or colorless. 3. The act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent). Verb1. Remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt". 2. Make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bleach" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
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Industry | Depression in the surface of ground glass where rough cast surface or roller marks still show. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: BleachSynonyms: blanching agent (n), bleaching agent (n), whitener (n), bleach out (v), decolor (v), decolorise (v), decolorize (v), decolour (v), decolourise (v), decolourize (v), discolorise (v), discolorize (v), discolourise (v). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Hand wash, no bleach, tumble dry, medium heat, cool iron. (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman) It takes more than a week to bleach bones. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
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 | Bleach solution is sprayed on body bag prior to burial to prevent the spread of infection. Kikwit, Zaire.Credit: CDC. |  | Some sponges have symbiotic algae and can bleach like corals.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Why should an Indian woman have to bleach her hair to be accepted?.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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George W. Cecil | On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting -- died! |
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Health | After use, the diaper changing area should be wiped down with a disinfectant such as household bleach, Lysol* or bactericidal wipes. (references) | |
The lipid envelope can be destroyed and the virus killed by fat solvents, such as alcohol, ordinary disinfectants and household bleach. (references) | ||
A liquid disinfectant, such as a diluted household bleach solution, should be applied to visible rodent droppings and their immediate surroundings. (references) | ||
Business | The Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department has strongly encouraged the bleach and dyeing industry to look for clean technology to modify or replace existing manufacturing processes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dennis Miller | Between skin bleach, hair relaxer and that scale-model Barbie nose, it seems to me that the only person who obviously has a problem with Michael Jackson's race, is Michael Jackson. |
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| "Bleach" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.57% of the time. "Bleach" is used about 186 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 79.57% | 148 | 25,903 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 9.68% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.91% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.84% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 186 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "bleach": bleach liquor ♦ bleach out ♦ grass bleach ♦ liquid bleach ♦ optical bleach ♦ to bleach. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "bleach": bleach-blonde, bleach-damaged, bleach-fixed. | |
Ending with "bleach": Electro-bleach. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bleach | 297 | bleach lyrics | 14 |
hair bleach | 165 | bleach blonde hair | 14 |
bleach skin | 87 | hydrogen peroxide bleach hair how to | 14 |
clorox bleach | 57 | bleach use | 13 |
oxygen bleach | 39 | bleach koti.mbnet.fi pebat | 13 |
tooth bleach | 39 | beverly bleach hills tooth | 12 |
chlorine bleach | 29 | bleach jean | 12 |
bleach wood | 26 | band bleach | 11 |
bleach blonde | 19 | bleach hair home | 11 |
bleach hair peroxide | 18 | bleach ring worm | 10 |
ammonia bleach | 18 | chlorox bleach | 9 |
bleach bomb | 17 | bleach boston tooth | 9 |
msds bleach | 17 | bleach ph | 9 |
bleach stain | 17 | tooth whitening bleach | 9 |
bleach index.html koti.mbnet.fi pebat | 16 | bleach manga | 9 |
nirvana bleach | 15 | bleach pool | 9 |
bleach denver tooth | 15 | carpet bleach stain | 8 |
bleach new tooth york | 15 | bleach clorox msds | 8 |
bleach francisco san tooth | 15 | bleach poisoning | 8 |
bleach philadelphia tooth | 15 | bleach cleaning | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "bleach"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbardhohet, zbardhet (Discolor, discolour, lighten, whiten), zbardh (blanch, dawn, peep, whiten, whitewash), humb ngjyrë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مادة التقصير, حول (ability, about, alien, around, be cross eyed, capricious, commit, concerning, deed, deliver, deter, divert, encode, hand down, hand over, make, metamorphose, power, process, redress, refer, relocate, round, stop, switch, transfer, transmute, transpose, turn, whimsical, withdraw, work, year), تبييض (whitening), بيض (blanch, etiolate, ovulate, whiten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обезцветяване (decoloration, decolouration, discharge, discoloration, discolouration), обезцветявам (decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolour), белина, избелвам (blanch, blench, pale, white). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 漂白 (whiten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bílit (blanch, etiolate, whiten), bìlidlo, bìlet, odbarvit (decolour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | blege (blanch, bleaching, to bleach), maerker fra valser efter slibning (bloach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bleken (blanch, blanching, bleaching, dealbation, etiolation, fading, whiten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ماده ای که برای سفیدکردن بکارمیرود, سفیدکردن (Tin, Whiten), سفیدشدن باشستن باوساءل شیمیاءی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valkaista (to bleach, whitewash), vaalentaa (make light, make pale), haalistaa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | blanchir (blanch, to bleach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bleichen (be bleached, blanch, blanching, bleaching, bleachings, discharge, etiolation, laundering, to blanch, to bleach, whiten), ausbleichen (bleach out, discharge, fade, fading, to bleach, wash out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λευκαντικό (whitening), λευκαίνω (blanch, chemic, to bleach, whiten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"לבין (become white, blanch, turn white, whiten), חומר "לב " (whitening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szőkítő, fehérítő (bleacher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pemutih, memutihkan (whiten), kelantang (dry in the sun, whiten), gelantang (dry in the sun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zona di spianatura insufficiente (bloach), scolorire (blanch, Discolor, discolour, fade, lose color, lose colour), ossigenare (oxygenate), imbianchire, imbiancare (become white, decorate, whiten, whitewash), decolorare (decolorate), candeggio (bleaching), candeggina, candeggiare (chemic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ブランド商" (bleachers, blizzard, brand items, brand new, breathing, bridge, brief, briefcase, brioche, Brisbane, Britannia, tin plate), 漂白剤 (bleaching agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ブリーチ , ひょうはくざい (bleaching agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 표백 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thoarey (bleaching), giallaghey (blanche, bleaching, brighten, clear, clear of weather, lime wash, to the full, whiten, whitening), giallagh (moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | blekemiddel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eachblay branquear (beard, blanch, to bleach, wash, whiten). (various references) oxigena (oxygenate), decolora (decolor, decolorate, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, dilute, discharge, discolor, discolour, fade, grass, weather), albire (blanching, bleachers, bleaching, greying, grizzling, whitening), albi (blanch, fade, gleam, grizzle, hoary, shimmer, wash, whiten, whitewash), înãlbi (blanch, blench, poach, wash, whiten). (various references) спиртовать, отбеливающее вещество, отбеливать (whiten), обесцвечивать (decolor, decolorize, decolour, discolor, discolour), белить (blanch, blench, whiten, whitewash, whitewashing). (various references) beliti (whitewash), belilo (pearl powder, whitewash), obeliti (whiten). (various references) blanquear (blanch, chemic, launder, to bleach, whiten, whitewash). (various references) vitna (blench, whiten), bleka (blanch, decolor, decolorize, decolour, discharge, discolor, discolour, fade, green pollack, pollack lythe, pollock, to bleach, whiten). (various references) ฟอก. (various references) beyazlatmak (blanch, chalk, whiten), beyazlatıcı (whitening), rengini açmak (blanch, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, degrade, lighten), ağartmak (blanch, blench, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, poach, whiten), ağartıcı, çamaşır suyu (bleacher, sodium carbonate). (various references) heklemek (whitewash). (various references) білити (blanch, white, whiten, whitewash), білильне вапно. (various references) gwynnu (blanch, whiten), cannu (blanch, whiten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "bleach": bleachable, bleached, bleacher, bleacherite, bleacherites, bleachers, bleaches, bleaching. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "bleach": overbleach. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bleach": overbleached, overbleaches, overbleaching, unbleached. (additional references) | |
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"Bleach" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abileah, balach, Balech, Baltacha, baluch, Baluchi, belah, belak, Belasco, belic, Beloch, blach, Blaich, bleache, bleafh, bleagh, bleah, Bleahu, Bleasham, bleath, Blech, bleech, bleek, Bleeuch, Bleich, bleik, bletch, Bleugh, blidah, Bliecq, bloak, Buelach, Gleich, Llyarch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bleach" (pronounced blē"kh) |
| 3 | -l ē" kh | Leach, Leech. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-h-l" | |
-1 letter: beach, belch, cable, chela, leach. | |
-2 letters: able, ache, alec, bach, bale, blae, blah, each, hale, heal, lace, lech. | |
-3 letters: ace, alb, ale, bah, bal, bel, cab, cel, hae, lab, lac, lea. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, ah, al, ba, be, eh, el, ha, he, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-h-l" | |
+1 letter: bechalk. | |
+2 letters: bachelor, bechalks, bechamel, blanched, blancher, blanches, bleached, bleacher, bleaches, cashable, chasuble, chewable. | |
+3 letters: bachelors, bechalked, bechamels, bellyache, benchland, blackhead, blanchers, bleachers, bleaching, blockhead, branchlet, catchable, chasubles, checkable, coachable, crushable, flashcube, hatchable, leachable, matchable, reachable, shellback, shockable, shoeblack, teachable, teachably, touchable, watchable, whaleback. | |
+4 letters: achievable, alphabetic, attachable, backhauled, backlashed, backlasher, backlashes, bechalking, bellyached, bellyacher, bellyaches, benchlands, bioethical, birthplace, blackheads, blackheart, bleachable, blockheads, branchless, branchlets, branchline, calabashes, chalybeate, changeable, changeably, chargeable, charitable, chelatable, clubhauled, crunchable, detachable, detachably, encashable, flashcubes, herbicidal, machinable, overbleach, quenchable, searchable, shellbacks, shoeblacks, switchable, tablecloth, unbleached, unchewable, watchables, whalebacks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 65 61 63 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. . .- -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100101 01100001 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l e a c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0065 0061 0063 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367871676974 |
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