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DECOLOURISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decolourise mean?
• DECOLOURISE (verb)
The verb DECOLOURISE has 1 sense:
1. remove color from
Familiarity information: DECOLOURISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they decolourise ... he / she / it decolourises
Past simple: decolourised
Past participle: decolourised
-ing form: decolourising
... he / she / it decolourises Past simple: decolourised
Past participle: decolourised
-ing form: decolourising
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 "decolourise" is one way to...):
discolor (cause to lose or change color)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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