whiten
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become white.
whitened
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past participleof whiten.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof whiten.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
whitenverb (used with or without object)to make or become white.
Example Sentences
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Many healers of the day also recommended treating eye infections with human milk, which was known as "whitened blood".
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2024
Some call ruxolitinib a miracle cream because it can return skin's natural colour and get rid of whitened patches.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2023
More common, however, are rough-edge rectangles made of brawny pencil strokes and dynamic cross-hatching and sometimes whitened by erasures and abrasions.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
When the newly whitened Max — who now goes by Matthew Fisher — abandons Harlem for Atlanta, Buni and another friend, Agamemnon, show up at the train depot, hoping to convince him to stay.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
He walked away, and the hobbits made a lane for him to pass; but their knuckles whitened as they gripped on their weapons.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
