Definitions
1.verbTo treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
2.verbTo be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
3.verb(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae."Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed."
4.verbTo make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty."semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"
5.adjectiveWhitened; made white using bleach"Bleached cotton"
6.adjectiveFaded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
7.adjectiveHaving the hair lightened by bleaching.