Definitions
1.NounA chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
2.NounA variety of bleach.
3.VerbTo treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
4.VerbTo be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
5.VerbTo 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."
6.VerbTo make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty."semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"
7.NounAn act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
8.AdjectivePale; bleak.
9.NounA disease of the skin characterized by hypopigmentation and itching, believed in the 17th century to be a form of leprosy.