nnoun.actchanging to a lighter colorSynset:lightening
Derivationally Related Form:whiten
Hypernyms:change of color
Inherited Hypernyms:whiteningchange of colorchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bleach
Full Hyponyms:bleachetiolation
vverb.changeturn whiteSynset:white whiten
Examples:- This detergent will whiten your laundry
Antonyms:blacken
Derivationally Related Form:whitewhiteningwhitener
Hypernyms:color colour discolor discolour
Inherited Hypernyms:whitendiscolorchange
Direct Hyponyms:bleach
Full Troponyms:bleachperoxide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something