etiolate
81etiolated — [ i:tɪəˌleɪtɪd] adjective 1》 (of a plant) pale and weak due to a lack of light. 2》 having lost vigour or substance; feeble. Derivatives etiolation noun Origin C18: from etiolate (from Fr. étioler, from Norman Fr. étieuler grow into haulm ) …
82blanch — vb *whiten, bleach, decolorize, etiolate …
83bleach — vb *whiten, etiolate, decolorize, blanch Antonyms: dye …
84decolorize — blanch, bleach, etiolate, *whiten …
85blanch — v 1. whiten, bleach, pale, gray, wash out; etiolate, achromatize, decolor, decolorize; dim, fade, cloud, grow dull, lose luster or brightness. 2. blench, go white, pale, grow pale, become pallid, Archaic. wan; droop, flag, sag, faint; Inf. pass… …
86bleach — v whiten, blanch, blench, wash out; etiolate, achromatize, decolor, decolorize; gray, pale, dim, cloud, fade; grow dull, lose luster or brightness …
87chalk — n 1. blackboard crayon, marker, pastel, crayon, pencil. v 2. whiten, calcimine, whitewash; make pale, bleach, blanch, etiolate. 3. chalk up to ascribe, accredit, attribute, put down; lay, charge, impute …
88dull — adj 1. unintelligent, witless, slow witted, dull witted; stolid, obtuse, crass, Boeotian, bovine, blockish, lumpish; dense, thick headed, Inf. thick, slow, stupid, Brit., Australian Inf. dill, Scot, and North Eng. dowf; backward, doltish, Sl.… …
89fade — v 1. blanch, blench, bleach, pale, whiten, gray, wash out; dim, cloud, grow dull, lose luster or brightness; etiolate, achromatize, decolor, decolorize. 2. languish, waste away, Dial. dwine, droop, flag, sag, faint; wither, wilt, shrivel, decay,… …
90pale — I adj 1. colorless, hueless, toneless, uncol ored, achromic, achromous, achromatic; drab, dreary, flat, mat, lusterless, lackluster; bleached, blanched, washed out, etiolated; wan, pallid, Obs. blate, pale faced, anemic, sickly; waxen, sallow,… …
