English verb: whiten | |||
1. | whiten (change) turn white | ||
Samples | This detergent will whiten your laundry. | ||
Synonyms | white | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, discolor, discolour | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bleach | ||
Antonyms | black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize | ||