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DECOLOURIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decolourize mean?
• DECOLOURIZE (verb)
The verb DECOLOURIZE has 1 sense:
1. remove color from
Familiarity information: DECOLOURIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they decolourize ... he / she / it decolourizes
Past simple: decolourized
Past participle: decolourized
-ing form: decolourizing
... he / she / it decolourizes Past simple: decolourized
Past participle: decolourized
-ing form: decolourizing
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 "decolourize" is one way to...):
discolor (cause to lose or change color)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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