bleach
verb (used with object)
to make whiter or lighter in color, such as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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They are a little yellow with time, of course, but I am bleaching them on the sweet-brier hedge.
From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit