| NOUN | event | whitewash | a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | whitewash | wash consisting of lime and size in water | |
| act | whitewash | a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects | |
| VERB | perception | whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up | cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error |
| contact | whitewash | cover with whitewash | |
| communication | whitewash | exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data |
| Sounds | hhway'twaa.sh; way'twaa.sh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | awash ... wash: 18 rhymes with aash... | |
| Meaning | A defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | defeat, licking | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
| Meaning | wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | wash | A thin coat of water-base paint |
| Spanish | jalbegue | |
| Catalan | blanquet | |
| Verbs | whitewash | cover with whitewash |
| Meaning | A specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | clearing | The act of freeing from suspicion |
| Verbs | whitewash | exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data |
| whitewash | cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error | |
| Meaning | cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin" | |
| Synonyms | gloss over, sleek over, hush up | |
| Broader | cover, cover up | hide from view or knowledge |
| Spanish | acallar, blanquear, cubrir, disimular, encalar, encubrir, tapar | |
| Catalan | arrear, emblanquinar, emblanquir, encalcinar, guarnir | |
| Nouns | whitewash | a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects |
| Meaning | Cover with whitewash. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "whitewash walls" | |
| Narrower | calcimine | Cover with calcimine |
| Broader | wash | apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to |
| Spanish | blanquear, encalar | |
| Catalan | emblanquinar, emblanquir, encalcinar | |
| Nouns | whitewash | wash consisting of lime and size in water |
| Meaning | exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| Spanish | blanquear | |
| Catalan | emblanquir | |
| Nouns | whitewash | a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects |
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