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white·wash  (hwtwsh, -wôsh, wt-)

n.

1. A mixture of lime and water, often with whiting, size, or glue added, that is used to whiten walls, fences, or other structures.

2. Concealment or palliation of flaws or failures.

3. A defeat in a game in which the loser scores no points.

tr.v. white·washed, white·wash·ing, white·wash·es

1. To paint or coat with or as if with whitewash.

2. To conceal or gloss over (wrongdoing, for example). See Synonyms at palliate.

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whitewasher n.

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whitewash

Noun

1. a mixture of lime or chalk in water, for whitening walls and other surfaces

2. an attempt to conceal the unpleasant truth: the report was a whitewash

Verb

1. to cover with whitewash

2. to conceal the unpleasant truth about

whitewashed adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whitewash - a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
	2.	whitewash - wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces wash - a thin coat of water-base paint
	3.	whitewash - a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion
Verb	1.	whitewash - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" hush up, sleek over, gloss over cover up, cover - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
	2.	whitewash - cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls" wash - apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to calcimine - cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"
	3.	whitewash - exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

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whitewash

verb 1. cover up, conceal, suppress, camouflage, make light of, gloss over, extenuate << OPPOSITE expose

noun 2. cover-up, deception, camouflage, concealment, extenuation

Translations

whitewash [ˈwaɪtwɔʃ] n (paint) → cal f; jalbegue m

vt → encalar, blanquear;

(fig) → encubrir

whitewash [ˈwaɪtwɔʃ] white n (= paint) → lait m de chaux

vt → blanchir à la chaux (fig); blanchir

whitewash [ˈwaɪtwɔʃ] white n (paint) → Tünche f;

(inf) (Sport) → totale Niederlage f

vt [+ building] → tünchen (fig) [+ incident, reputation]; reinwaschen

whitewash [ˈwaɪtwɔʃ] n (paint) → bianco di calce

vt → imbiancare;

(fig) → coprire