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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
achromatize, besnow, blanch, bleach, bleach out, blench, blush, bowdlerize, chalk, change color, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, color, crimson, darken, decolor, decolorize, delouse, depurate, deterge, dim, discolor, drain, drain of color, dry-clean, dull, dust, dust off, etiolate, expurgate, extenuate, fade, fade out, flush, freshen, frost, fume, gloss over, glow, grizzle, grow pale, lighten, look black, lose color, lustrate, mantle, pale, peroxide, purge, purify, redden, reform, scavenge, silver, spruce, steam-clean, sugarcoat, sweep out, sweeten, tarnish, tidy, tone down, turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn white, varnish, veneer, wan, wash out, white, whitewash, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up
Dictionary Results for whiten:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
whiten
    v 1: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn:
         whiten, white] [ant: black, blacken, melanise,
         melanize, nigrify]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whiten \Whit"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Whitening.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hv[imac]tna.]
   To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the
   hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees
   in spring whiten with blossoms.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whiten \Whit"en\, v. t.
   To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to
   whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
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         The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast
         flocks of wild swans.                    --Macaulay.
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   Syn: See Blanch.
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