bleach | (noun) the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) | - |
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(noun) the whiteness that results from removing the color from something | - |
(noun) an agent that makes things white or colorless | Synonyms: blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener |
(verb) make whiter or lighter | - |
(verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
bleached | (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: colored, coloured, dyed |
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(adjective) having lost freshness or brilliance of color | Synonyms: faded, washed-out, washy |
bleacher | (noun) a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) | - |
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bleachers | (noun) (used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached | - |
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bleak | (adjective) unpleasantly cold and damp | Synonyms: cutting, raw |
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(adjective) offering little or no hope | Synonyms: black, dim |
(adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance | Synonyms: bare, barren, desolate, stark |
bleakly | (adverb) without hope | - |
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bleakness | (noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bareness, desolation, nakedness |
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blear | (adjective) tired to the point of exhaustion | Synonyms: blear-eyed, bleary-eyed, bleary |
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(verb) make dim or indistinct | Synonyms: blur |
bleary | (adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline | Synonyms: blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy |
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(adjective) tired to the point of exhaustion | Synonyms: blear-eyed, blear, bleary-eyed |
bleat | (noun) the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) | - |
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(verb) cry plaintively | Synonyms: baa, blat, blate |
(verb) talk whiningly | - |
bleb | (noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: blister, bulla |
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blebbed | (adjective) (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material | Synonyms: blebby |
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blebby | (adjective) (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material | Synonyms: blebbed |
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(adjective) covered with small blisters | Synonyms: blistery |
bleed | (verb) lose blood from one's body | Synonyms: hemorrhage, shed blood |
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(verb) draw blood | Synonyms: leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize |
(verb) drain of liquid or steam | - |
(verb) be diffused | Synonyms: run |
(verb) get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone | - |
bleeder | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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bleeding | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | Synonyms: haemorrhage, hemorrhage |
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bleep | (noun) a short high tone produced as a signal or warning | Synonyms: beep |
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(verb) emit a single short high-pitched signal | - |
blemish | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: defect, mar |
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(verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | Synonyms: flaw |
(verb) mar or impair with a flaw | Synonyms: spot |
(verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: deface, disfigure |
blemished | (adjective) marred by imperfections | - |
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(adjective) having a blemish or flaw | Synonyms: flawed |
blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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blend | (noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blending |
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(noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | Synonyms: portmanteau, portmanteau word |
(noun) an occurrence of thorough mixing | - |
(verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
(verb) combine into one | Synonyms: immingle, intermingle, intermix |
(verb) blend or harmonize | Synonyms: blend in, go |
blende | (noun) an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form | Synonyms: sphalerite, zinc blende |
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blended | (adjective) combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable | - |
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blender | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: liquidiser, liquidizer |
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blending | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: shading |
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(noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly | Synonyms: blend |
blennioid | (noun) elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins | Synonyms: blennioid fish |
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blenny | (noun) small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks | Synonyms: combtooth blenny |
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blepharism | (noun) condition in which a person blinks continuously | - |
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blepharitis | (noun) inflammation of the eyelids characterized by redness and swelling and dried crusts | - |
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blepharospasm | (noun) spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye | - |
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bless | (verb) give a benediction to | - |
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(verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: consecrate, hallow, sanctify |
(verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: sign |
(verb) confer prosperity or happiness on | - |
blessed | (adjective) highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace) | Synonyms: blest |
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(adjective) characterized by happiness and good fortune | - |
(adjective) enjoying the bliss of heaven | - |
(adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
(adjective) Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration | Synonyms: beatified |
blessedly | (adverb) in a blessed manner | - |
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blessedness | (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatification, beatitude |
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blessing | (noun) the act of praying for divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
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(noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approval, approving |
(noun) a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection | Synonyms: benediction |
(noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: grace, thanksgiving |
(noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: boon |
blest | (adjective) highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace) | Synonyms: blessed |
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blether | (noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk | Synonyms: chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle |
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(verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: babble, blather, blither, smatter |
bletia | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers | - |
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bleu | (noun) cheese containing a blue mold | Synonyms: blue cheese |
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blewits | (noun) edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap | Synonyms: Clitocybe nuda |
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