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decolorating

decolorating is the present participle and gerund of decolorate.

Meaning of decolorate

Verb

decolorate (third-person singular simple present decolorates, present participle decolorating, simple past and past participle decolorated)

  1. (transitive) To decolor; to deprive of color.

Questions about decolorating

What is decolorating the present participle and gerund of?
Decolorating is the present participle and gerund of decolorate.

Words near decolorating in the dictionary

  1. decolorant
  2. decolorants
  3. decolorate
  4. decolorated
  5. decolorates
  6. decolorating
  7. decoloration
  8. decolorations
  9. decolored
  10. decoloring
  11. decolorisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decolorating (page history and authors); decolorate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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