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decolouring

decolouring is the present participle and gerund of decolour.

Meaning of decolour

Verb

decolour (third-person singular simple present decolours, present participle decolouring, simple past and past participle decoloured)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of colour; to bleach.

Questions about decolouring

What is decolouring the present participle and gerund of?
Decolouring is the present participle and gerund of decolour.

Words near decolouring in the dictionary

  1. decolourant
  2. decolourants
  3. decolouration
  4. decolourations
  5. decoloured
  6. decolouring
  7. decolourisation
  8. decolourisations
  9. decolourise
  10. decolourised
  11. decolouriser

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decolouring (page history and authors); decolour (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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