blonden

present singular third person blondens · participle present blondening · participle past blondened · past blondened

1. intransitiveTo turn blond

   "Gamboling, sashaying, waving the parchment — bathed in the ever-blondening halo of our father's sweet deathbed blessing."

   2009, Jonathan Goldstein, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible!, page 103

2. transitiveTo make blond

   I heard that she got it after overhearing someone at a party refer to her as a chinless wonder. Of course she also had her hair blondened beyond what it was, and that's where I can claim credit.

   2016, Boze Hadleigh, Marilyn Forever

   1 more example

   Kleis was still in the midst of preparation. For a woman past child- bearing years, there was more foundation work. Before cosmetics could be applied, a compound of egg whites was used to eradicate wrinkles and scytharium wood to blonden her hair.

   2014, Nancy Freedman, Sappho: The Tenth Muse, page 42