Whiten Definition

wītn, hwītn
whitened, whitening, whitens
verb
whitened, whitening, whitens
To make or become white or whiter, especially by bleaching.
American Heritage
To make or become white or whiter.
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Origin of Whiten

  • From Middle English whitenen, whitnen, from Old Norse hvítna (“to whiten"), from Proto-Germanic *hwÄ«tnōnÄ… (“to whiten, become white"), from Proto-Indo-European *kwind-, *kwint- (“bright"), equivalent to white +"Ž -en. Cognate with Icelandic hvítna (“to whiten"), Swedish vitna, hvitna (“to whiten"), Danish hvidne (“to whiten"). Compare Old English hwÄ«tian (“to whiten, become white, be white, make white").

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Whiten Sentence Examples

  • The product claims to whiten teeth in just 14 days and keeps them white for up to six months.

  • All four whiten teeth for 12 - 18 months.

  • In beauty treatments Lemon was traditionally used to whiten skin and teeth, fade freckles and blemishes, and lighten hair.

  • Moreover, Whiten and colleagues found no evidence that habits vary more between, than within, the three existing chimpanzee subspecies of chimpanzee.

  • From the meaning of "top" or "head," as applied to a plant, herb or rower, comes the common use of the word for the produce of cereals or other cultivated plants, the wheat-crop, the cotton-crop and the like, and generally, "the crops"; more particular expressions are the "white-crop," for such grain crops as barley or wheat, which whiten as they grow ripe, and "green-crop" for such as roots or potatoes which do not, and also for those which are cut in a green state, like clover (see Agriculture).

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