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1. (n.) whitewash
a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls and woodwork.
2. whitewash
something that glosses over faults or absolves one from blame.
3. whitewash
a defeat in which the loser fails to score.
4. (v.t.) whitewash
to whiten with whitewash.
5. whitewash
to cover up the faults or errors of; absolve from blame.
6. whitewash
to defeat by keeping the opponent from scoring.
Etymology: (1585–95)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) whitewash
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
2. (noun) whitewash
wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
3. (verb) whitewash
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
4. (verb) whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
5. (verb) whitewash
cover with whitewash
"whitewash walls"
6. (verb) whitewash
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Whitewash
any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair
2. (noun) Whitewash
a composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime
3. (verb) Whitewash
to apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash
4. (verb) Whitewash
to make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts
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Sense: a mixture of usually lime and water, used for whitening walls.
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 Afrikaans: witsel |
 Arabic: طِلاء جيري مائي |
 Bulgarian: вар |
 Brazilian: cal |
 Czech: vápenné mléko |
 German: die Tünche |
 Danish: kalk |
 Greek: ασβεστόχωμα |
 Spanish: cal |
 Estonian: lubivärv |
 Farsi: دوغاب اهک |
 Finnish: kalkkimaali |
 French: lait/blanc de chaux |
 Hebrew: סִיד |
 Hindi: पुताई |
 Croatian: vapno, kreč |
 Hungarian: mész |
 Indonesian: air kapur, cat kapur |
 Icelandic: kalkhvíta/-vatn |
 Italian: bianco, (bianco di calce) |
 Japanese: 水しつくい |
 Korean: (벽, 천정 등의 겉에 바르는) 백도제 |
 Lithuanian: kalkės |
 Latvian: kaļķūdens (balsināšanai) |
 Malay: cat kapur |
 Dutch: witsel |
 Norwegian: hvittekalk, kalkmaling |
 Polish: wapno |
 Persian: دوغاب اهک |
 Pashto: دچونى (اهاكو) اوبلن رنك |
 Portuguese: cal |
 Romanian: var stins |
 Russian: побелка |
 Slovak: vápno (na bielenie) |
 Slovenian: apno za beljenje |
 Serbian: kreč |
 Swedish: limfärg, kalkfärg |
 Thai: น้ำปูนขาวสำหรับทากำแพง |
 Turkish: badana |
 Taiwanese: 灰泥 |
 Ukrainian: вапняний розчин |
 Urdu: سفیدی |
 Vietnamese: nước vôi |
 Chinese: （粉刷用的）石灰水，白色涂料 |
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