Bleach and Dye

Bleach

Bleach verb - To make white or whiter by removing color.
Usage example: bleached the stained shirt back to its original white

Dye is an antonym for bleach.

Nearby Words: bleached, bleaching, bleacher

Dye

Dye verb - To give color or a different color to.
Usage example: dyed her hair a startling red
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Synonyms for Dye

Bleach is an antonym for dye in topics: coloring agent, change color with mixture.

Nearby Words: dyed, dyeing

Common collocations

skin bleach skin dye skin

Both words in one sentence

  • Freakiness Shame The inverse is also true, of course: it's become not uncommon for Japanese students to bleach or dye their hair so that they stand out more.
  • Dye Hard She explained in an interview that due to how often she had to bleach and dye it (red can be very hard to maintain), her hair got fried as a result and she had to wear wigs for some of Victorious and all of Sam and Cat.
    Source: Dye Hard
  • Series / Are You Being Served? Kaleidoscope Hair: Mrs Slocombe wears wigs, but every one is a different color.note  Though only from the second series onward; in the first series, Mollie Sugden had to bleach and dye her hair as there was no budget for wigs.
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