bleach
/bliːtʃ/verb
उच्चारण ब्लीच
सफ़ेद करना, रंग उड़ाना, विरंजित करना
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to become white or pale by a chemical process or by the effect of light from the sun; to make something white or pale in this way
सफ़ेद करना, रंग उड़ाना, विरंजित करना
- The sun bleached the curtains.
- bleached hair
- Long hours in the sun bleach the colour out of cotton shirts.
+ 2 more examples
- She decided to bleach her hair before the wedding.
- Seawater had bleached the old wooden boat almost white.
Synonyms whiten fade lighten blanch decolourize
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[U, C]
a strong chemical used to make clothes white or to clean things and kill germs
ब्लीच, विरंजक
- Use bleach to clean the bathroom.
- A little bleach in the water removes stains from white shirts.
- Keep bleach away from children and pets.
+ 2 more examples
- Add a spoonful of bleach to the bucket and mop the floor.
- The cleaner smelled strongly of bleach.
Synonyms whitener disinfectant peroxide
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bleach (noun, uncountable)
As a chemical, bleach is uncountable: some bleach, a bottle of bleach. Do not say a bleach for the chemical.
रसायन के रूप में 'bleach' uncountable है: some bleach, a bottle of bleach। रसायन के लिए 'a bleach' न कहें।
- Add a little bleach to the water to clean the floor.
- A bottle of bleach was kept out of the children's reach.
bleach + object (transitive)
To bleach something is to make it white or pale with a chemical or sunlight: bleach a shirt, bleach your hair.
किसी चीज़ को रसायन या धूप से सफ़ेद या फीका करना 'bleach' है: bleach a shirt, bleach your hair।
- She bleached her hair golden.
- The sun had bleached the curtains.
bleach (intransitive) / be bleached
Things can bleach by themselves in the sun, and the passive is common: be bleached by the sun.
धूप में चीज़ें अपने आप फीकी भी पड़ सकती हैं, और passive प्रयोग आम है: be bleached by the sun।
- The bones lay bleached by the desert sun.
- Cotton bleaches quickly when left in strong light.
bleach + to-infinitive of purpose
To say what bleach is used for, use to + verb: use bleach to whiten clothes, not for whiten.
Bleach किसलिए प्रयोग होता है, यह बताने के लिए to + verb आता है: use bleach to whiten clothes, 'for whiten' नहीं।
- Use bleach to remove stains from white shirts.
+Collocations 4
verb + bleach
useaddpourdilutespray
- Dilute the bleach with water before cleaning the tiles.
bleach + noun
powdersolutionstaincreambottle
- Bleaching powder is used to purify drinking water in villages.
bleach + hair / cloth
hairclothjeanspaperteeth
- Paper is bleached to make it white.
adverb + bleached
sun-heavilycompletelyslightlynaturally
- The sun-bleached walls of the old fort looked pale.
“More examples 5
- Mother added bleach to the water to whiten the old shirts.
माँ ने पुरानी कमीज़ों को सफ़ेद करने के लिए पानी में bleach मिलाया।
- The harsh sun bleached the colour out of the flags.
तेज़ धूप ने झंडों का रंग उड़ा दिया।
- Never mix bleach with other cleaning liquids at home.
घर पर bleach को कभी अन्य सफ़ाई वाले तरल पदार्थों में न मिलाएँ।
- Coral reefs turn white when the sea becomes too warm, a process called bleaching.
समुद्र बहुत गर्म हो जाने पर प्रवाल भित्तियाँ सफ़ेद पड़ जाती हैं, जिस प्रक्रिया को bleaching कहते हैं।
- The factory bleaches cotton before it is dyed.
कारखाना कपास को रंगने से पहले उसे ब्लीच करता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ We use bleach for whiten clothes.
✓ We use bleach to whiten clothes.
Purpose is shown with to + verb; for is followed by a noun or -ing.
उद्देश्य बताने के लिए to + verb आता है; 'for' के बाद noun या -ing रूप आता है।
✗ She bleaches her hairs every month.
✓ She bleaches her hair every month.
Hair on the head is uncountable and takes no plural.
सिर के बाल के लिए 'hair' uncountable है और इसका बहुवचन नहीं बनता।
✗ The curtains were bleach by the sun.
✓ The curtains were bleached by the sun.
The passive needs the past participle bleached.
Passive में past participle 'bleached' आता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the colour-loss words together: bleach (with chemicals or sun), fade (lose colour slowly), blanch (become pale; also briefly boil vegetables), pale.
रंग उड़ने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: bleach (रसायन या धूप से), fade (धीरे-धीरे रंग खोना), blanch (पीला पड़ना; सब्ज़ियाँ थोड़ा उबालना भी), pale।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science: bleaching powder (calcium oxychloride, CaOCl₂) is used to disinfect drinking water; coral bleaching happens when corals lose their colour because of warm seawater.
विज्ञान में bleaching powder (calcium oxychloride, CaOCl₂) पीने का पानी कीटाणुरहित करने में प्रयुक्त होता है; coral bleaching तब होता है जब गर्म समुद्री पानी से प्रवाल रंग खो देते हैं।