DECOLORIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decolorize mean? 

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

1. remove color from

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECOLORIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they decolorize    ... he / she / it decolorizes   
Past simple: decolorized   
Past participle: decolorized   
-ing form: decolorizing   

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

discolor (cause to lose or change color)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

This species is catalase and pyrase negative, nonsporulating, leucine aminopeptidase positive, does not hydrolyze esculin and may appear gram variable due to the ease at which it decolorizes during the gram stain.

(Helcococcus pyogenes, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonsporulating, not acid fast, decolorizes rapidly so may appear Gram negative, alpha-hemolytic and catalase and oxidase negative.

(Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, NCI Thesaurus)