Bleach
verb
To make something lighter in color, usually by a chemical process.
She bleached her hair blonde.
Often appears as...
- bleach hair
- bleach clothes
noun
A substance used to change the color of something to white or to a lighter color.
You can use bleach to remove the stains.
Often appears as...
- bottle of bleach
- use bleach
verb
To remove color or stains from something.
He bleached the wine stain out of his shirt.
Often appears as...
- bleach stain
- bleach out
verb
To make something lighter in color, usually by a chemical process.
She bleached her hair blonde.
Often appears as...
- bleach hair
- bleach clothes
noun
A substance used to change the color of something to white or to a lighter color.
You can use bleach to remove the stains.
Often appears as...
- bottle of bleach
- use bleach
verb
To remove color or stains from something.
He bleached the wine stain out of his shirt.
Often appears as...
- bleach stain
- bleach out
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Hair
Although often associated with hair, 'bleach' applies to removing color from various objects.
The sun bleached the curtains over time.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Bleach' can be used metaphorically to describe losing vividness or vitality.
The harsh critique bleached his enthusiasm.
Pro Tip 3/3Gradual Process
'Bleaching' something usually takes time and doesn't happen instantly.
Years of cleaning bleached the linens.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Hair
Although often associated with hair, 'bleach' applies to removing color from various objects.
The sun bleached the curtains over time.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Bleach' can be used metaphorically to describe losing vividness or vitality.
The harsh critique bleached his enthusiasm.
Pro Tip 3/3Gradual Process
'Bleaching' something usually takes time and doesn't happen instantly.
Years of cleaning bleached the linens.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Hair
Although often associated with hair, 'bleach' applies to removing color from various objects.
The sun bleached the curtains over time.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Bleach' can be used metaphorically to describe losing vividness or vitality.
The harsh critique bleached his enthusiasm.
Pro Tip 3/3Gradual Process
'Bleaching' something usually takes time and doesn't happen instantly.
Years of cleaning bleached the linens.
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Margaret Wertheim: The...
that are the first signs of corals of being sick. And if the bleaching doesn't go away -- if the temperatures don't go down -- reefs start to die. A great deal of this has been happening in the Great Barrier Reef, particularly in coral reefs all over the world. This is our invocation in crochet of a bleached reef.
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Got seeds? Just add...
is to place the seeds in a nylon bag, then place the bag into hot water. Turn off the heat immediately and allow the water to cool to room temperature before removing the seeds. It's important not to heat the seed for too long as this will kill the embryo. Again, you'll want to spray them with bleach afterwards.
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An ingenious proposal...
They are also, as you're probably quite aware, more or less screwed. In the Seychelles, for example, human activities and climate change have left corals bleached. Overfishing has caused fish stocks to plummet. Biodiversity is in peril. So what can we do? Well, some form of protection, obviously.
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How we can design...
I'd bet most of you don't. And I bet you don't because you don't want processed food in your life. So if you don't want processed food, why would you want processed cities? Why would you want these mass-produced, bleached places where all of us have to live and work every day?
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Coral Bleaching in the...
world and he says what's happening there will eventually happen here too now this is largely a healthy reef right now if you look at a reef that's under stress like this one here and there's bleaching all over the place right that's what all these white
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Journey into the Deep...
when these algae are gone you can see through the clear coral animals to their white calcium carbonate skeleton hence the term bleaching so the major threats to coral reefs are those associated with climate change and so the responsibility to protect
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Green Laundry Room...
looking for detergents that aren't petroleum-based but plant-based avoid soaps that contain phosphates which deprived aquatic life of oxygen now another ingredient to skip uh-huh bleaches with chlorine because this stuff is known to contaminate
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How can sculptures save...
says hello the gist of the conversation our house is a mess the living rooms a disaster from dynamite fishing and deep-sea trawling and my coral kitchen Gardens bleaching and dying from climate change pollution and disease corals are not only
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How to write descriptivel...
With an exciting plot? Maybe. Fascinating characters? Probably. Beautiful language? Perhaps. "Billie's legs are noodles. The ends of her hair are poison needles. Her tongue is a bristly sponge, and her eyes are bags of bleach."
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The Last Coral Reef of...
but the team is also detecting other colors blue patches can indicate coral bleaching damage from rising water
Video examples
Margaret Wertheim: The...
that are the first signs of corals of being sick. And if the bleaching doesn't go away -- if the temperatures don't go down -- reefs start to die. A great deal of this has been happening in the Great Barrier Reef, particularly in coral reefs all over the world. This is our invocation in crochet of a bleached reef.
Video examples
Got seeds? Just add...
is to place the seeds in a nylon bag, then place the bag into hot water. Turn off the heat immediately and allow the water to cool to room temperature before removing the seeds. It's important not to heat the seed for too long as this will kill the embryo. Again, you'll want to spray them with bleach afterwards.
Video examples
An ingenious proposal...
They are also, as you're probably quite aware, more or less screwed. In the Seychelles, for example, human activities and climate change have left corals bleached. Overfishing has caused fish stocks to plummet. Biodiversity is in peril. So what can we do? Well, some form of protection, obviously.
Video examples
How we can design...
I'd bet most of you don't. And I bet you don't because you don't want processed food in your life. So if you don't want processed food, why would you want processed cities? Why would you want these mass-produced, bleached places where all of us have to live and work every day?
Video examples
Coral Bleaching in the...
world and he says what's happening there will eventually happen here too now this is largely a healthy reef right now if you look at a reef that's under stress like this one here and there's bleaching all over the place right that's what all these white
Video examples
Journey into the Deep...
when these algae are gone you can see through the clear coral animals to their white calcium carbonate skeleton hence the term bleaching so the major threats to coral reefs are those associated with climate change and so the responsibility to protect
Video examples
Green Laundry Room...
looking for detergents that aren't petroleum-based but plant-based avoid soaps that contain phosphates which deprived aquatic life of oxygen now another ingredient to skip uh-huh bleaches with chlorine because this stuff is known to contaminate
Video examples
How can sculptures save...
says hello the gist of the conversation our house is a mess the living rooms a disaster from dynamite fishing and deep-sea trawling and my coral kitchen Gardens bleaching and dying from climate change pollution and disease corals are not only
Video examples
How to write descriptivel...
With an exciting plot? Maybe. Fascinating characters? Probably. Beautiful language? Perhaps. "Billie's legs are noodles. The ends of her hair are poison needles. Her tongue is a bristly sponge, and her eyes are bags of bleach."
Video examples
The Last Coral Reef of...
but the team is also detecting other colors blue patches can indicate coral bleaching damage from rising water
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Bill Duke
American Actor
The largest country with the largest consumption of skin bleach in the world is India. Indian men are bleaching their skin because, in terms of marriage, if your skin is dark, it's assumed you work in a field. If your skin is lighter, it's assumed you work in an office because you're not getting enough sun. Indian men are bleaching their skin.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I love the Sixties with Julie Christie and Jane Birkin - those natural English beauties. That's the look that is most me, when I wore the tight-to-the knee dresses. I don't think I bleached my hair until I was 20. I like experimenting for big occasions, though. You've always got to do a bit of a number for the birthday!
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Jonathan Van Ness
American Entertainer
The second you're bleaching hair more than three or four levels on a consistent basis and want it long, and then you're heat styling it and living in the world - it's just impossible. You can get it there for a moment, and then you might get a couple re-touches out of it.
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Haley Lu Richardson
American Actress
I'm lucky because I had blonde hair for a while for this TV show I was doing - they had me dye my hair blonde - and every audition I was going out for was bleach blonde. The mean girl, the pretty girlfriend, and the dumb cheerleader.
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Laetitia Casta
French Model
I didn't like the idea of changing myself for the industry. I felt to have my teeth straightened and bleached and to starve myself to change my body was not respecting who I was.
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Khoudia Diop
Senegalese Actress
I wanted to bleach my skin so bad, but my sister always discouraged me. She'd say, 'This is a bad thing. Don't try it.
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Stella Maxwell
Belgian Model
I've bleached my brows and things like that, but otherwise, I just let them be.
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Cara Delevingne
English Model
When I first started modeling, they used to bleach my eyebrows all the time.
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Lasse Hallstrom
Swedish Director
A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.
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Carine Roitfeld
Editor
Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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Bill Duke
American Actor
The largest country with the largest consumption of skin bleach in the world is India. Indian men are bleaching their skin because, in terms of marriage, if your skin is dark, it's assumed you work in a field. If your skin is lighter, it's assumed you work in an office because you're not getting enough sun. Indian men are bleaching their skin.
Quote examples
Kate Moss
English Model
I love the Sixties with Julie Christie and Jane Birkin - those natural English beauties. That's the look that is most me, when I wore the tight-to-the knee dresses. I don't think I bleached my hair until I was 20. I like experimenting for big occasions, though. You've always got to do a bit of a number for the birthday!
Quote examples
Jonathan Van Ness
American Entertainer
The second you're bleaching hair more than three or four levels on a consistent basis and want it long, and then you're heat styling it and living in the world - it's just impossible. You can get it there for a moment, and then you might get a couple re-touches out of it.
Quote examples
Haley Lu Richardson
American Actress
I'm lucky because I had blonde hair for a while for this TV show I was doing - they had me dye my hair blonde - and every audition I was going out for was bleach blonde. The mean girl, the pretty girlfriend, and the dumb cheerleader.
Quote examples
Laetitia Casta
French Model
I didn't like the idea of changing myself for the industry. I felt to have my teeth straightened and bleached and to starve myself to change my body was not respecting who I was.
Quote examples
Khoudia Diop
Senegalese Actress
I wanted to bleach my skin so bad, but my sister always discouraged me. She'd say, 'This is a bad thing. Don't try it.
Quote examples
Stella Maxwell
Belgian Model
I've bleached my brows and things like that, but otherwise, I just let them be.
Quote examples
Cara Delevingne
English Model
When I first started modeling, they used to bleach my eyebrows all the time.
Quote examples
Lasse Hallstrom
Swedish Director
A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.
Quote examples
Carine Roitfeld
Editor
Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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