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whiten
Overview of verb whiten
The verb whiten has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) whiten, white -- (turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry")
Grep of noun whiten
whitener
whiteness
whitening
Antonyms of verb whiten
1 sense of whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
Antonym of blacken (Sense 1)
=>blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whiten
1 sense of whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb whiten
1 sense of whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
=> bleach
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whiten
1 sense of whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
'Cause To' of verb whiten
Derived Forms of verb whiten
1 sense of whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
RELATED TO>(noun) whitener#1
=> bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener
RELATED TO>(noun) whitening#1
=> whitening, lightening
Domain of verb whiten
Domain Terms of verb whiten
Familiarity of verb whiten
whiten used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb whiten
1 sense of whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb whiten
1 sense of whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> blush, crimson, flush, redden
=> pale, blanch, blench
=> tan, bronze
=> sunburn, burn
=> whiten, white
=> blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
=> turn
=> silver
=> dye
=> redden
=> purple
=> grey, gray
=> yellow
=> tone
=> green
=> blue
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb whiten
Sense 1
whiten, white
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
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Grep of verb whiten
whiten
Grep of adj whiten
whitened
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