Whitewash meaning
A mixture of lime and water, often with whiting, size, or glue added, that is used to whiten walls, fences, or other structures.
noun
Concealment or palliation of flaws or failures.
noun
A defeat in a game in which the loser scores no points.
noun
To paint or coat with whitewash.
verb
To conceal or gloss over (wrongdoing, for example).
verb
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To defeat (an opponent) in a game in which the opponent does not score.
verb
A mixture of lime, whiting, size, water, etc., for whitening walls, etc.
noun
A cosmetic formerly used for making the skin fair.
noun
A defeat in which the loser scores no points.
noun
To cover with whitewash.
verb
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To gloss over or conceal the faults or defects of; give a favorable interpretation of or a falsely virtuous appearance to.
verb
To defeat (an opponent) soundly.
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To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.
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(idiomatic) To cover over errors or bad actions.
In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
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(baseball, slang, dated, late, 19th century, archaic) To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
verb
(acting) To choose white film or television actors to portray characters that were Asian, African, or other races.
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(pejorative) To make over (an Asian, African, or person of another race, especially a woman) to look Caucasian.
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