valkaista — meaning in English

English meaning

• blanch verb To turn pale or white.
• bleach noun A chemical used to whiten fabric or disinfect surfaces by removing color or killing germs.
• snow noun Soft white flakes of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather.
• whiten verb To make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
• whitewash noun A cheap white paint made from lime or chalk mixed with water, used to coat walls and fences.

Senses

valkaista is used for these senses in English:

• blanch (transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
• bleach (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
• snow To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair.
• whiten (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
• whitewash (chiefly, literary, and, poetic, often, passive voice) To cover or coat (something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash (noun sense 1); also, to light up (something) with white light.
• whitewash (cosmetics, archaic, or, historical) To make (the face, etc.) look lighter with makeup or a similar preparation.

blanch — full definition

1. verb To turn pale or white.
2. verb To remove the color from something so that it turns white.
3. verb To cook food quickly in boiling water, then cool it fast in cold water.
4. verb To make food, especially meat, white on the outside by dipping it briefly in boiling water and then in cold water, sealing in its juices.

bleach — full definition

1. noun A chemical used to whiten fabric or disinfect surfaces by removing color or killing germs.
2. verb To whiten or lighten something using bleach or sunlight.

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