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.
half-bleached
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a word derived from
bleach.
Example Sentences
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There are many varieties of unglazed, half-bleached linens, from that thirty-six and forty inches wide, used for chair-back covers, to that ninety inches wide, used for large table-covers, curtains, &c.
From Handbook of Embroidery by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
The nymph of the Danube was habited in a faded green cloak and straw bonnet, with limp and half-bleached pink ribbons clinging to its form.
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by William Powell Frith
They were just the half-bleached colour of the worms and things one sees preserved in spirit in a zoological museum.
From The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
