whiten

whit·en

W5138100 (wīt′n, hwīt′n)tr. & intr.v. whit·ened, whit·en·ing, whit·ens To make or become white or whiter, especially by bleaching.

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whit′en·er n.

whiten

(ˈwaɪtən) vb (Colours) to make or become white or whiter; bleach ˈwhitening n

whit•en

(ˈʰwaɪt n, ˈwaɪt n)

v.t., v.i. to make or become white or whiter. [1250–1300]

whiten

Past participle: whitened
Gerund: whitening

Imperative
whiten
whiten

Present
I whiten
you whiten
he/she/it whitens
we whiten
you whiten
they whiten

Preterite
I whitened
you whitened
he/she/it whitened
we whitened
you whitened
they whitened

Present Continuous
I am whitening
you are whitening
he/she/it is whitening
we are whitening
you are whitening
they are whitening

Present Perfect
I have whitened
you have whitened
he/she/it has whitened
we have whitened
you have whitened
they have whitened

Past Continuous
I was whitening
you were whitening
he/she/it was whitening
we were whitening
you were whitening
they were whitening

Past Perfect
I had whitened
you had whitened
he/she/it had whitened
we had whitened
you had whitened
they had whitened

Future
I will whiten
you will whiten
he/she/it will whiten
we will whiten
you will whiten
they will whiten

Future Perfect
I will have whitened
you will have whitened
he/she/it will have whitened
we will have whitened
you will have whitened
they will have whitened

Future Continuous
I will be whitening
you will be whitening
he/she/it will be whitening
we will be whitening
you will be whitening
they will be whitening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been whitening
you have been whitening
he/she/it has been whitening
we have been whitening
you have been whitening
they have been whitening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been whitening
you will have been whitening
he/she/it will have been whitening
we will have been whitening
you will have been whitening
they will have been whitening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been whitening
you had been whitening
he/she/it had been whitening
we had been whitening
you had been whitening
they had been whitening

Conditional
I would whiten
you would whiten
he/she/it would whiten
we would whiten
you would whiten
they would whiten

Past Conditional
I would have whitened
you would have whitened
he/she/it would have whitened
we would have whitened
you would have whitened
they would have whitened

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"whitebleach - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

whiten

verb1. pale, blanch, go white, turn pale, blench, fade, etiolate His face whitened as he heard the news.
pale colour, darken2. bleach, lighten toothpastes that whiten the teeth
bleach darken, blacken, stain

Translations

使某物变白或更白

white

(wait) adjective1. of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed. The bride wore a white dress. 白的 白的2. having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent. the first white man to explore Africa. 白種人的 白种人的3. abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc. He went white with shock. 蒼白的 苍白的4. with milk in it. A white coffee, please. 加牛奶的 加牛奶的 noun1. the colour of the paper on which these words are printed. White and black are opposites. 白色 白色2. a white-skinned person. racial trouble between blacks and whites. 白種人 白种人3. (also ˈegg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk. This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites. 蛋白 蛋清4. (of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris. The whites of her eyes are bloodshot. 眼白 眼白ˈwhiten verb to make or become white or whiter. She used a little bleach to whiten the sheets. (使)變白或更白 （使某物）变白或更白 ˈwhiteness noun 白色 白色ˈwhitening noun a substance used to make certain things (eg tennis shoes) white again. 增白劑 白粉ˈwhitish adjective fairly white; close to white. 相當白的，近白色的 发白的，带白色的 ˌwhite-ˈcollar adjective (of workers, jobs etc) not manual; (working) in an office etc. 白領階級的 白领阶层的white elephant a useless, unwanted possession. 沒有用或不想要的東西 无用的东西，累赘物 white horse noun (usually in plural) a wave that has a crest of white foam. 白浪 白浪ˌwhite-ˈhot adjective (of metals) so hot that they have turned white. a white-hot poker. 白熱的 白热的white lie a not very serious lie. I'd rather tell my mother a white lie than tell her the truth and upset her. 善意的謊言 善意的谎言ˈwhitewash noun a mixture of usually lime and water, used for whitening walls. 灰泥 （粉刷用的）石灰水，白色涂料 verb to cover with whitewash. 用灰泥粉刷 用白色涂料粉刷ˈwhitewashed adjective 粉刷過的 已粉刷的white winewine