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📚 verb • entry_id 21174

whiten

/ˈ(h)waɪ̯.tən/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
blanquear
(To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
Age had whitened his hair.
The trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
Phrases
prewhiten
Word forms
whitenedwhitenedwhiteningwhitens