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Definition of Bleached

1. Adjective. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. "Washy colors"

2. Adjective. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural. "A bleached blonde"

Definition of Bleached

1. a. Whitened; make white.

Definition of Bleached

1. Adjective. whitened; made white using bleach ¹

2. Verb. (past of bleach) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bleached

1. bleach [v] - See also: bleach

Medical Definition of Bleached

1. Whitened; make white. "Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe." (Byron) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleached

blazonments blazonries blazonry blazons bldg bldg. bldgs blea bleaberries bleaberry

bleach bleach liquor bleach out bleachability bleachable bleached (current term) bleached wax bleacher bleacheries bleacherite

bleacherites bleacherlike bleachers bleachery bleaches bleaching bleaching agent bleaching agents bleaching clay bleaching earth

Literary usage of Bleached

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Cotton cloth not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted or printed, .... Provided, That on all such cotton cloths not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"Cotton cloth not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, and not exceeding fifty threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, ..."

3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"bleached butter and tea-cloths. Grey and bleached kitchen rubbers. ... Yarn bleached and blue ducks. bleached military and checked fancy ducks. ..."

4. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"Analysis of bleached Cotton.—In the bleaching of cotton the main object is to ... The physical tests which should be applied to bleached cotton are: (1) ..."

5. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"079 Bridge Mill Cotton Manufacturing Co., Providence, KI—bleached cotton goods. N 73. ... KI—bleached and colored cotton HOMOS. X 73. 230 584 Peabody Mills, ..."

6. International Shipping & Shipbuilding Directory (1891)
"79, £i 45 sd, three or more threads unbleached, bleached or dyed £i 45 sd, ... .bleached or bleached, bleached or dyed as the single yarns unbleached, ..."

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