Category:Whiten

Whit"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening.] Etym: [oe. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvitna.]

Defn: 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.

Whiten Whit"en, v. t.

Defn: 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. Macaulay.

Syn. -- see blanch.