present participle of bleach

The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents. / The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.

plural of bleaching

(archaic) Pale; bleak.

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair). / (intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. / (countable) A variety of bleach.

An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.

A disease of the skin.

Whitened; made white using bleach / Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight. / Having the hair lightened by bleaching.

simple past tense and past participle of bleach