bleached Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove color from
    bleach out; decolorize; decolorise; discolourise; discolorise; decolour; decolourise; bleach; decolor; decolourize; discolorize.
    • The sun bleached the red shirt
  2. verb make whiter or lighter
    bleach.
    • bleach the laundry
  3. adjective satellite having lost freshness or brilliance of color
    washy; washed-out; faded.
    • sun-bleached deck chairs
    • faded jeans
    • a very pale washed-out blue
    • washy colors
  4. adjective satellite (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
    dyed; colored; coloured.
    • a bleached blonde

WordNet

Bleached adjective
Definitions
  1. Whitened; make white.
    Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron.

Webster 1913