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  • verb Present participle of discolour.

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Examples

  • Keep some water with a lemon squeezed into it on hand, too, to keep your artichoke from discolouring while you cut.

    Trim And Prepare An Artichoke Properly | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Keep some water with a lemon squeezed into it on hand, too, to keep your artichoke from discolouring while you cut.

    Trim And Prepare An Artichoke Properly | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Third one looks like a patriotic whale... that's been harpooned and is bleeding to death, slowly discolouring the entire ocean with its blood.

    ...and so fourth the hubby of JEN 2009

  • Any discolouring can be removed by polishing the needle with extremely fine sandpaper.

    Archive 2009-10-01 a stitch in time 2009

  • Any discolouring can be removed by polishing the needle with extremely fine sandpaper.

    Gory Needle Details a stitch in time 2009

  • To store, pack into a jar and top with a small level of olive oil- this prevents the pesto from discolouring.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Mercedes 2008

  • Researchers discovered fluoride was the tooth discolouring culprit and mistakenly thought fluoride was also the cavity-fighting hero – unaware that calcium was required to grow sound dentition.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • To store, pack into a jar and top with a small level of olive oil- this prevents the pesto from discolouring.

    Purple Basil and Pistachio Pesto Mercedes 2008

  • Toss them through the lemon juice to stop them from discolouring.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Haalo 2007

  • Toss them through the lemon juice to stop them from discolouring.

    Fish and Quips Haalo 2007

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