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whitewash(dictionary)
whitewash 1, noun(dictionary)
whitewash 2, verb(dictionary)

hyla (iou) and whitewash (iou)


hyla (iou)



hyla noun. M19.
[mod. Latin from Greek hule: see HYLE.]
A tree frog of the genus Hyla.

whitewash (iou)



whitewash verb & noun. L16.
[from WHITE adjective + WASH verb.]
A. verb trans.
Plaster over (a wall etc.) with a white substance; cover or coat with whitewash. L16.
G. M. Woodward The floor is reddled; the walls white-washed. absol.: Sir W. Scott Workmen..repairing, painting, and white-washing.
fig. (Attempt to) clear or uphold the reputation of (a person, institution, etc.) by concealment of faults or mistakes. M18.
J. Colville Those who blamed the Nazis and whitewashed the Germans. B. Bettelheim Trying to whitewash his own behaviour toward her.
b. In pass. Of an insolvent: be cleared from liability for his or her debts by passage through a bankruptcy court. M18.
Beat (an opponent) in a sporting match without allowing any opposing score; defeat by a large margin. colloq. M19.
Pot Black Karen..got off to a flying start..looking as though she would whitewash Lynette.
b. noun.
A cosmetic imparting a light colour to the skin. L17-M18.
A solution of lime and water, or of whiting, size, and water, for whitening walls etc. L17.
fig. Something that conceals faults or mistakes in order to clear or uphold the reputation of a person or institution; a cover-up. M19.
Satellite Times Biographical whitewash of the controversial FBI director. Independent Frank Dobson, Labour's energy spokesman, called the report 'a whitewash'.
The action or an act of whitewashing; colloq. a victory in a sporting match in which an opponent fails to score or is defeated by a large margin. M19.
Pot Black Fisher avenged last year's defeat..with a punishing 5-0 whitewash. Listener No national policy is more important than showing..there has been no whitewash at the White House.
Comb.: whitewash gum either of two Australian eucalypts with powdery white bark, Eucalyptus apodophylla and E. terminalis.
whitewasher noun M18.