whiten
1 synonym and 1 antonym for whiten, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
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Comes from Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten”), from Proto-Germanic *hwītnōną (“to whiten, become white”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright”); it is equivalent to white and -en. It is cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten”), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten”), an...
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