Definitions of white [ʰwaɪt, waɪt]

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Definition of 'white'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) white
of the color of pure snow; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.

2.  white
light or comparatively light in color.

3.  white
marked by slight pigmentation of the skin.

4.  white
for, limited to, or predominantly made up of persons whose racial heritage is Caucasian:
a white neighborhood.

5.  white
pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion.

6.  white
silvery; gray:
white hair.

7.  white
snowy:
a white Christmas.

8.  white
lacking color; transparent.

9.  white
politically conservative or reactionary.

10.  white
blank, as part of a page.

11.  white
lustrously shiny:
a knight in white armor.

12.  white
wearing white clothing:
a white monk.

13.  white
auspicious; fortunate.

14.  white
morally pure; innocent.

15.  white
lacking malice; harmless:
white magic.

16.  white
(of wine) light-colored or yellowish.

17. (n.) white
a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black, that reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely.

18.  white
a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white.

19.  white
quality or state of being white.

20.  white
lightness of skin pigment.

21.  white
a person whose racial heritage is Caucasian.

22.  white
a white material or substance.

23.  white
the white part of something.

24.  white
a pellucid, viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen.

25.  white
the white part of the eyeball.

26.  white
whites,

27.  white
white or nearly white clothing.

28.  white
top-grade white flour.

29.  white
white wine.

30.  white
a type or breed that is white in color.

31.  white
(cap.) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White.

32.  white
the outermost ring of a target.

33.  white
an arrow that hits this portion of the target.

34.  white
the central part of the target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow.

35.  white
Archaic. a white target.

36.  white
the pieces in chess or checkers that are light-colored.

37.  white
(often cap.) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party.

38. (v.t.) white
to make white; whiten.

39.  white
white out,

40.  white
to cover (errors in copy) with a white correction fluid.

41.  white
bleed white, to deprive of all resources:
Corruption bled the country white.

42.  White
William Allen, 1868–1944, U.S. journalist.

Etymology: (1675–85)

Definition of 'white'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) White, White person, Caucasian
a member of the Caucasoid race

2. (noun) white, whiteness
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

3. (noun) White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)

4. (noun) White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White
Australian writer (1912-1990)

5. (noun) White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White
United States political journalist (1915-1986)

6. (noun) White, Stanford White
United States architect (1853-1906)

7. (noun) White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

8. (noun) White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

9. (noun) White, White River
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

10. (noun) egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
"she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"

11. (noun) white
(board games) the lighter pieces

12. (adj) flannel, gabardine, tweed, white
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

13. (adj) white
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
"as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"

14. (adj) white
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
"voting patterns within the white population"

15. (adj) white
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
"in shining white armor"

16. (adj) white, snowy
marked by the presence of snow
"a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"

17. (adj) white, lily-white
restricted to whites only
"under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"

18. (adj) white, white-hot
glowing white with heat
"white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"

19. (adj) white
benevolent; without malicious intent
"that's white of you"

20. (adj) blank, clean, white
(of a surface) not written or printed on
"blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

21. (adj) white
(of coffee) having cream or milk added

22. (adj) white, whitened
(of hair) having lost its color
"the white hairs of old age"

23. (adj) ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
anemic looking from illness or emotion
"a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"

24. (verb) white
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
"white nights"

25. (verb) whiten, white
turn white
"This detergent will whiten your laundry"

Definition of 'white'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) white
having the color of snow
a white shirt

2.  white
(of a person) belonging to the race of people with light-colored skin
a white woman in her late forties

3.  white
very pale because of fear, illness, etc.
His face turned white with fear.

4.  white
(of wine) having a light yellow color
***a glass of white wine

5.  white
(of a cup of tea or coffee) with milk
***a white coffee

6. (noun) white
the color of snow
Let's paint the bathroom white.

7.  white
a person belonging to the race of people with light-colored skin
***blacks and whites working together

8.  white
the transparent liquid inside an egg
Next, beat the egg whites.

Definition of 'white'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) white
the color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1

2. (noun) white
something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye

3. (noun) white
specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot

4. (noun) white
a person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men

5. (noun) white
a white pigment; as, Venice white

6. (noun) white
any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage

7.  white
reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin

8.  white
destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear

9.  white
having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure

10.  white
gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary

11.  white
characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable

12.  white
regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling

13. (verb) white
to make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach

Translation of 'white'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed The bride wore a white dress.
Afrikaans: wit	Arabic: أبْيَض اللوْن	Bulgarian: бял
Brazilian: branco	Czech: bílý	German: weiß
Danish: hvid	Greek: άσπρος	Spanish: blanco
Estonian: valge	Farsi: سفید	Finnish: valkoinen
French: blanc	Hebrew: לָבָן	Hindi: सफेद
Croatian: bijel	Hungarian: fehér	Indonesian: putih
Icelandic: hvítur	Italian: bianco	Japanese: 白い
Korean: 흰, 순백의	Lithuanian: baltas	Latvian: balts
Malay: putih	Dutch: wit	Norwegian: hvit
Polish: biały	Persian: سفید	Pashto: سپين، بې رنګه روڼ، رنګ تښ
Portuguese: branco	Romanian: alb	Russian: белый
Slovak: biely	Slovenian: bel	Serbian: beo
Swedish: vit	Thai: ขาว	Turkish: beyaz
Taiwanese: 白的	Ukrainian: білий	Urdu: سفید
Vietnamese: trắng	Chinese: 白的
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