The Meaning of whiten

• (v. i.) To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
• (v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.

Synonyms

white

Antonyms

blacken

Homophones

witan

Rhymes

breighton , brighten , brighton , criton , dreighton , enlighten , frighten , heighten , iten , knighten , knighton , lighten , litan , reitan , righten , tighten , titan , triton , witan , write-in