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decolorized

decolorized is the simple past and past participle of decolorize.

Meaning of decolorize

Verb

decolorize (third-person singular simple present decolorizes, present participle decolorizing, simple past and past participle decolorized)

  1. (US, transitive) To remove the color from.
  2. (US, intransitive) To lose one’s color.
    • According to Rühm fresh milk remains blue for 12 hours or more, and infected milk decolorizes in less than one hour.1912 November, Edwin Henry Schorer, “Experimental Studies on Milk”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O. Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume II, number 3, page 331

Questions about decolorized

What is decolorized the simple past and past participle of?
Decolorized is the simple past and past participle of decolorize.

Words near decolorized in the dictionary

  1. decolorises
  2. decolorising
  3. decolorization
  4. decolorizations
  5. decolorize
  6. decolorized
  7. decolorizer
  8. decolorizers
  9. decolorizes
  10. decolorizing
  11. decolors

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