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decolorizing

decolorizing is the present participle and gerund 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 decolorizing

What is decolorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Decolorizing is the present participle and gerund of decolorize.

Words near decolorizing in the dictionary

  1. decolorize
  2. decolorized
  3. decolorizer
  4. decolorizers
  5. decolorizes
  6. decolorizing
  7. decolors
  8. decolour
  9. decolourant
  10. decolourants
  11. decolouration

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