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What does bleach mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bleach? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (archaic) Pale; bleak.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
  2. (biology) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
Noun
  1. (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
  2. (countable) A variety of bleach.
Noun
  1. An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
Noun
  1. A disease of the skin.
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