Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS. bl[=a]cian, bl?can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[=a]c pale. See {Bleak}, a.] To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.
The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. --Ure.
Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. --Smollett.
Bleach \Bleach\, v. i. To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
Comaneci confirmed rumors that she tried to kill herself at the age of 15 by drinking bleach.
The purchase is part of Colgate's strategy to be a major force in the profitable bleach category, said Reuben Mark, the consumer products company's chairman, president and chief executive officer.
Instead, Henkel will sell Cotelle's soap and bleach lines, which have annual turnover of about 550 million French francs, to Colgate for 925 million francs.
P&G plans to use its enormous research and development base to launch new products for the Noxell cosmetic business. The company has long been famous for gaining market leadership by introducing products that offer an innovation, such as Tide with bleach.
In a live TV interview, Fiallos said some of the special ink could be taken off with common laundry bleach.
New York also distributes bleach _ and recently withdrew from a program to distribute clean needles.
The department's television ads promote condom use and the use of bleach to clean needles by intravenous drug users, a high-risk group.
A new bleach and water softener complete the formula.
In addition to trading needles, which can spread the AIDS virus, they hand out bleach kits that junkies can use to clean their dirty needles.
The liquid bleach dispenser on your washing machine also can be used for this purpose.
Clorox sent bleach, Goodyear repaired tires, JVC donated televisions and local banks cranked out cash as the San Francisco Bay area's well-heeled business community rushed to help its own over the weekend.
"I grabbed the bottle of dishwashing liquid and sure enough, the label said `Do not mix with chlorine bleach,' " she said.
Scientists created a jail-like habitat to contain the mice, complete with moats of chlorine bleach.
Workers in the San Francisco program told drug abusers about AIDS prevention measures, distributed condoms and gave out bleach to disinfect needles.
A Texas clothing company is marketing a line of apparel that can change color with controlled amounts of liquid bleach and cold water.
Procter's Ms. McNeill says that, "although the shelf price looked higher, it was costing the consumer the same is if he bought" detergent, softener and bleach separately.
Clorox 2 bleach comes in a box which Green Cross has verified was made from 81 percent recycled paper fibers.
The killer had poured laundry bleach on the body.
That's just horrible." Stillman said the bleach could burn through a victim's throat and stomach.
The charges against Pennwalt grew out of the spill of at least 75,000 gallons of bleach into a waterway opening onto Puget Sound.
The bleach, sodium dichromate, contained hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing agent.