bleach
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the whiteness that results from removing the color from something
a complete bleach usually requires several applications
Types & categories
- whiteness hypernym
Related & opposite
- bleach derivation
Sense 2 verb
remove color from
The sun bleached the red shirt
Types & categories
- discolor hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an agent that makes things white or colorless
Types & categories
- agent hypernym
- benzoyl peroxide hyponym
- bleaching powder hyponym
- calcium hypochlorite hyponym
- chlorine dioxide hyponym
- chlorine water hyponym
- Clorox hyponym
- sodium hypochlorite hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bleach liquor substance holonym
- liquid bleach substance holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make whiter or lighter
bleach the laundry
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bleach derivation
- bleacher derivation
- bleaching agent derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
Types & categories
- whitening hypernym
- etiolation hyponym
Related & opposite
- bleach derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleach |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | whiteness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleacher |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discolor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleach |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | white |
| 3 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | bleach liquor |
| 3 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | liquid bleach |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | agent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | benzoyl peroxide |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleaching powder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcium hypochlorite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chlorine dioxide |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chlorine water |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Clorox |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodium hypochlorite |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleach |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleacher |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleaching agent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | white |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | peroxide |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleach |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | whitening |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | etiolation |