verb
Meaning 1
British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
discolour
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verb
Meaning 2
change color, often in an undesired manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The shirts discolored
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discolor, colour, color
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: blush, crimson, flush, redden, pale, blanch, blench, tan, bronze, sunburn, burn, whiten, white, blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black, turn, silver, dye, purple, grey, gray, yellow, tone, green, blue
History
Etymology
From Middle English discolouren, discoloren, from Old French discolorer, descolorer, equivalent to dis- + colour.