bleached

adj — 3 senses

bleached

adj

/bliːt͡ʃt/

1

Whitened; made white using bleach

  • bleached cotton
2

Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.

3

Having the hair or skin lightened by bleaching.

  • An obviously bleached blonde, thick pancake makeup flaking powderily off deep furrowed wrinkles on her face, confronted me.1960, Harold Livingston, The Climacticon, page 98:
Synonyms
blanched
Derived terms
bleached blond, bleached ginger, nonbleached, prebleached, sunbleached, unbleached

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