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English noun: whitewash | |||
| 1. | whitewash (event) a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defeat, licking | ||
| 2. | whitewash (artifact) wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wash | ||
| 3. | whitewash (act) a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clearing | ||
English verb: whitewash | |||
| 1. | whitewash (perception) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error | ||
| Samples | Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin. She tried to gloss over her mistakes. | ||
| Synonyms | gloss over, hush up, sleek over | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, cover up | ||
| 2. | whitewash (contact) cover with whitewash | ||
| Samples | Whitewash walls. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wash | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | calcimine | ||
| 3. | whitewash (communication) exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate | ||
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