whitewash
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- Rhymes: -ɒʃ
[edit] Noun
whitewash (plural whitewashes)
- A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
- 1952: For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 157.
- (sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.
- 2010, Andrew Miller, Cricinfo:
- For the first time in a long time, Australia are being threatened with the prospect of a 5-0 whitewash
- 2010, Andrew Miller, Cricinfo:
[edit] Translations
lime and water mixture
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[edit] Verb
whitewash (third-person singular simple present whitewashes, present participle whitewashing, simple past and past participle whitewashed)
- 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.
- (idiomatic) To cover over errors or bad actions.
- In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
- (baseball, slang, dated, late, 19th century, archaic) To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
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paint
cover errors
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