whiten | English to English Dictionary

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whiten

('/hw//aI/t/@/n )

turn white(verb.change)

Example:
This detergent will whiten your laundry.

Synonym:
white
Antonym:
black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify

source: wordnet30
To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.(verb)

source: webster1913

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