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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose color |
| Synonyms: | achromatize, become colorless, blanch, bleach, blench, clear, decolorize, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, etiolate, evanish, evaporate, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, wash out |
| Antonyms: | brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | whiten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become extremely pale |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bleach, blench, chalk, decolor, decolorize, dull, etiolate, fade, frost, grizzle, lighten, pale, silver, turn pale, white, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | blacken, darken, dirty |
| Main Entry: | etiolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bleach, diminish, enervate, exhaust, fade, faint, pale, sicken, wan, whiten |
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