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/wˈaɪtɪnɪŋ/ /wˈaɪtnɪŋ/ /hwˈaɪtɪnɪŋ/ /hwˈaɪtnɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Whiten v. t. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. "The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans."

Synonyms: See Blanch.

Whiten v. i. (past & past part. whitened; pres. part. whitening) 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.

noun

Whitening n.

The act or process of making or becoming white.

That which is used to render white; whiting. (R.)

Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.

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Etymology of 'Whitening'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Whitening" Quotes from Famous Books

... morning in the early spring of 1606, to find old Jacqueline on the steps of the root-cellar with a heap of sprouting potatoes beside her. Lescarbot was packing away in a panier such as she gave him, while under the whitening pear-tree a donkey stood, sleepily shaking his ears ...

— Days of the Discoverers • L. Lamprey

... the exclamation which issued simultaneously from a dozen throats, as the eyes of the more watchful caught the glare of the tawny streak of sky away on our port beam; and even as we spoke the roar of the wind became apparent; and far away on the verge of the horizon we caught a glimpse of the whitening water, as it was lashed into foam by the first mad fury of ...

— Under the Meteor Flag - Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War • Harry Collingwood

... out, there had been quick, low, startled murmurs from the kneeling group about him; and now loud shouts interrupted his prayer. He opened his eyes. From off toward the lake great flocks of gulls had appeared, whitening the sky, and now dulling all other sounds with the beating of their wings and their high, plaintive cries. Quickly they settled upon the fields in swirling drifts, so that the land all about lay ...

— The Lions of the Lord - A Tale of the Old West • Harry Leon Wilson

... with books, for he had found it necessary to create a Latin atmosphere before beginning his translation. He worked principally at night, and one morning about three he finished his translation, and getting up from his chair he walked to the whitening window. His eyes pained him, and he decided he would postpone reading over what he had ...

— The Untilled Field • George Moore

... it. I believe it's a lie," he declared, his face whitening as he gathered himself together. His eyes, which had been burning, had suddenly begun ...

— Gordon Keith • Thomas Nelson Page

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