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1 VERB If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour. □ [V n] These products don't bleach the hair. □ [V -ed] …bleached pine tables. □ [V -ing] …a bleaching agent.

2 VERB If the sun bleaches something, or something bleaches , its colour gets paler until it is almost white. □ [V ] The tree's roots are stripped and hung to season and bleach. □ [V n] The sun will bleach the hairs on your face.

3 N‑VAR Bleach is a chemical that is used to make cloth white, or to clean things thoroughly and kill germs.

bleach|ers /bliː tʃə ^r z/ N‑PLURAL The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit. [AM ]

bleak /bliː k/ (bleaker , bleakest )

1 ADJ If a situation is bleak , it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve. □  The immediate outlook remains bleak. □  Many predicted a bleak future. ●  bleak|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.

2 ADJ If you describe a place as bleak , you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive. □  The island's pretty bleak. □  …bleak inner-city streets.

3 ADJ When the weather is bleak , it is cold, dull, and unpleasant. □  The weather can be quite bleak on the coast.

4 ADJ If someone looks or sounds bleak , they look or sound depressed, as if they have no hope or energy. □  Alberg gave him a bleak stare. ●  bleak|ly ADV [usu ADV with v, oft ADV adj] □  'There is nothing left,' she says bleakly.

bleary /bl I ə ri/ ADJ If your eyes are bleary , they look dull or tired, as if you have not had enough sleep or have drunk too much alcohol. □  I arrived bleary-eyed and rumpled. □  He stared at Leo with great bleary eyes.

bleat /bliː t/ (bleats , bleating , bleated )

1 VERB When a sheep or goat bleats , it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make. □ [V ] From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly. □ [V -ing] …a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs. ● N‑COUNT Bleat is also a noun. □  …the faint bleat of a distressed animal.

2 VERB If you say that someone bleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V + about ] They are always bleating about 'unfair' foreign competition. □ [V prep/adv] Don't come bleating to me every time something goes wrong. [Also V that]

bled /ble d/ Bled is the past tense and past participle of bleed .

bleed /bliː d/ (bleeds , bleeding , bled )

1 VERB When you bleed , you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness. □ [V ] His head had struck the sink and was bleeding. □ [V + to ] She's going to bleed to death! ●  bleed|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  This results in internal bleeding.

2 VERB If the colour of one substance bleeds into the colour of another substance that it is touching, it goes into the other thing so that its colour changes in an undesirable way. □ [V prep] The colouring pigments from the skins are not allowed to bleed into the grape juice.

3 VERB If someone is being bled , money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [be V -ed] We have been gradually bled for twelve years. □ [V n] They mean to bleed the British to the utmost.

4 → see also nosebleed

bleed|ing /bliː d I ŋ/ ADJ [ADJ n] Bleeding is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they feel strongly about something or dislike something. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , EMPHASIS ]