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- adjective Whitened; make white.
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- adjective
whitened ; madewhite usingbleach - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bleach .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
- adjective having lost freshness or brilliance of color
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Examples
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The veneered plywood shell can be in bleached oak, wengé stained, or covered with monochromatic or bicolour laminate.
Woody Wood Rug 2010
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Surround walls of rustic tiles are accented with collections of seashells bleached from the sun.
Bartolotta Ristorante de Mare – Travel to the Italian Seaside Without the Jetlag 2006
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In a sense, it’s the ultimate crossover – what else would you call a novel that mixes original characters with visitors from Dickens, the Bronte sisters, and even a cameo by a certain bleached-blonde vampire named Spike?
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Vividly he recalled the bleached bones of the long-dead warrior in the bottom of the precipitous gorge that had all but proved a trap for him as well.
Tarzan the Untamed 1920
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Algae living in symbiotic harmony with their animal hosts were expelled, leaving great expanses of white, or so-called bleached, coral reef.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Elizabeth Whiteman 2010
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North can be described as bleached-immaculate and bloodless in a wash of round-the-clock sterility.
Gizmodo 2009
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I think the bleached is a little too contrasty with your skin tone.
Ask MetaFilter Tarumba 2009
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North can be described as bleached-immaculate and bloodless in a wash of round-the-clock sterility.
Gizmodo 2009
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North can be described as bleached-immaculate and bloodless in a wash of round-the-clock sterility.
Gizmodo 2009
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"This is going to set up a very interesting dynamic, because right now, the kind of bleached districts where candidates can get away with demonizing Latino immigrants -- because they're more worried about a primary challenge than a general election loss -- may end in the next decade," Sharry said.
Frank Sharry: Latinos Poised to Shake Up 2010 Census, Politicians Beware 2009
alexz commented on the word bleached
verb from tonights debate - deleted using BleachBit.
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October 10, 2016