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DECOLORISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decolorise mean?
• DECOLORISE (verb)
The verb DECOLORISE has 1 sense:
1. remove color from
Familiarity information: DECOLORISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they decolorise ... he / she / it decolorises
Past simple: decolorised
Past participle: decolorised
-ing form: decolorising
... he / she / it decolorises Past simple: decolorised
Past participle: decolorised
-ing form: decolorising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove color from
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bleach; bleach out; decolor; decolorise; decolorize; decolour; decolourise; decolourize; discolorise; discolorize; discolourise
Context example:
The sun bleached the red shirt
Hypernyms (to "decolorise" is one way to...):
discolor (cause to lose or change color)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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