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DECOLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decolor mean? 

DECOLOR (verb)
  The verb DECOLOR has 1 sense:

1. remove color fromplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DECOLOR (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they decolor  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it decolors  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: decolored  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: decolored  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: decoloring  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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

discolor (cause to lose or change color)

Sentence frames:

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


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