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Definition of Discolor
1. Verb. Lose color or turn colorless. "The painting discolored"
2. Verb. Cause to lose or change color. "The detergent discolored my shirts"
Specialized synonyms: Bleach, Bleach Out, Decolor, Decolorise, Decolorize, Decolour, Decolourise, Decolourize, Discolorise, Discolorize, Discolourise, Sallow, Wash Out, Infuscate
Causes: Color, Colour, Discolour
Derivative terms: Discoloration, Discoloration
3. Verb. Change color, often in an undesired manner. "The shirts discolored"
Specialized synonyms: Blush, Crimson, Flush, Redden, Blanch, Blench, Pale, Bronze, Tan, Burn, Sunburn, White, Whiten, Black, Blacken, Melanise, Melanize, Nigrify, Turn, Silver, Dye, Redden, Purple, Gray, Grey, Yellow, Tone, Green, Blue
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Color, Coloring, Colour, Colouring, Discoloration, Discoloration, Discolouration, Discolouration
Definition of Discolor
1. v. t. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
Definition of Discolor
1. Verb. To change or lose color. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Discolor
1. to alter the color of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discolor
Literary usage of Discolor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION OF CULEX discolor: Female. Differs from the above description
of nanus as follows: palpi with a cluster of white scales at the apices, ..."
2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"Certhia discolor. The Sikhim Tree-Creeper. ... Resembles C. discolor. Differs in
having the chin, throat, and upper part of breast pure buff, and the lower ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... Warbler Dendroica discolor) in January in South Carolina. — On January 9,
1922, I saw and thoroughly identified an adult male of this species within a ..."
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