| 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 | - |