Bleaching

Word BLEACHING
Character 9
Hyphenation bleach ing
Pronunciations /ˈbliːtʃɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Bleaching"

What do we mean by bleaching?

To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).

(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.

To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bleaching

The word "bleaching" in example sentences

Does anyone know of any stock for skin bleaching companies? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Walk into any low rent drug store and you will find shelf after shelf full of skin bleaching creams. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I agree with you, Andrew, and bleaching is an agent of this prescription. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Second, another site has noted that anal bleaching is much talked-about, but nobody's actually seen doing it, or even having admitted having it done. ❋ Kibbles (2005)

The great demand for alkaline salts in bleaching rendered these ashes no inconsiderable perquisite. ❋ Unknown (1800)

Clearly some bleaching is going on, because even with the French supermarket bread flour, my bread wasn’t as white. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I'm doing the * colonCleansing and maybe the bleaching is the next step. ❋ Bettyalready (2005)

Calcium hypochlorite, also widely known as bleaching powder or chlorinated lime, comes as a powder containing approximately 33% available chlorine. ❋ Unknown (1994)

This substance is called bleaching powder, or hypochlorite of lime. ❋ William McPherson (N/A)

The destruction, which starts with a process known as bleaching, in which corals lose the tiny microorganisms giving them their colour, and later end up with coral skeletons broken down to rubble, has been well-recorded in the UAE. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Coral bleaching occurs when a coral animal undergoes stress and loses its symbiotic algae ❋ Unknown (2010)

Coral bleaching occurs when, confronted with excessively warm water, the coral expels algae that is the source of its nutrients and ultimately turns white and dies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bleaching is a blow to local communities in Aceh still recovering from the 2004 tsunami. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This process is known as bleaching because it leaves behind the translucent animal tissue and the white skeleton underneath. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This process is known as bleaching because it leaves behind the clear animal tissue and the white skeleton underneath. ❋ News Account (2010)

I just got booked on Rudetv, Playboy Radio and three new video offers for ... eisforeric: She spent money on getting an anal bleaching, which is exactly what it sounds like. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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