Bleached meaning : To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair). To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example). (of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae. To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty. Whitened; made white using bleach Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight. Having the hair lightened by bleaching.