DISCOLOURISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does discolourise mean? 

• DISCOLOURISE (verb)
  The verb DISCOLOURISE has 1 sense:

1. remove color from

  Familiarity information: DISCOLOURISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISCOLOURISE (verb)

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 "discolourise" is one way to...):

discolor (cause to lose or change color)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something