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bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

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Fuzzynyms (101)

tint, tinct, tinge, touch

v. color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

stain

v. produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"

dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

pale, blanch, blench

v. turn pale, as if in fear

blur, dim, slur

v. become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

wane

v. decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"

ebb

v. fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"

worsen, decline

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

subside, lessen

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

fade, melt

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

shade

v. pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"

overshadow, dominate, eclipse

v. be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

dim

v. make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"

dim, dip

v. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

dim

v. become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"

darken

v. tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

steam

v. get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"

mist, mist over

v. become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over"

haze

v. harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist

v. make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

cloud

v. make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"

decrease, lessen, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

numb, benumb, blunt, dull

v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

deaden, blunt

v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

dull, blunt

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

whiten, white

v. turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

lighten, lighten up

v. become lighter; "The room lightened up"

lighten, brighten, become brighter

v. become brighter; "The sky brightened"

bleach

v. make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

fade, wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

dull

v. make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

relieve, lighten

v. alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"

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