WHITENING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitening mean? 

• WHITENING (noun)
  The noun WHITENING has 1 sense:

1. changing to a lighter color

  Familiarity information: WHITENING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITENING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Changing to a lighter color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lightening; whitening

Hypernyms ("whitening" is a kind of...):

change of color (an act that changes the light that something reflects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whitening"):

bleach (the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent))

Derivation:

whiten (turn white)

 Context examples 

An experimental drug reversed hair loss, hair whitening and skin inflammation in mice that were first fed a diet high in fat and cholesterol.

(New Experimental Drug Reverses Hair Loss, Skin Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The stars were fading, the sky was whitening, and the cold wind of morning blew pleasantly upon my face.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This month would also be a good time to see about having any dental procedure completed, including tooth whitening or dental surgery and also to focus on bone strength.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was a stiff leather purse, with a snap, and had three bright shillings in it, which Peggotty had evidently polished up with whitening, for my greater delight.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The researchers found that a high hair whitening score was associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease independent of chronological age and established cardiovascular risk factors.

(Grey Hair Linked with Increased Heart Disease Risk in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A raw wind was blowing, and the first flurries of snow were whitening the hilltops.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Harker was still and quiet; but over his face, as the awful narrative went on, came a grey look which deepened and deepened in the morning light, till when the first red streak of the coming dawn shot up, the flesh stood darkly out against the whitening hair.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In this approach, a health worker applies dilute acetic acid to the cervix and inspects the cervix with the naked eye, looking for "aceto whitening, which indicates possible disease. Because of its convenience and low cost, VIA is widely used where more advanced screening methods are not available. However, it is known to be inaccurate and needs improvement.

(AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer, National Institutes of Health)

In this study, mice that were fed a diet high in fat and cholesterol developed hair whitening, hair loss and skin lesions.

(New Experimental Drug Reverses Hair Loss, Skin Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Only age was an independent predictor of hair whitening.

(Grey Hair Linked with Increased Heart Disease Risk in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)