whites – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
white
n.
color which has no hue, color of milk; something that is white in color (i.e. wine, game piece, etc.); white part of something (i.e of an egg, of a printed page, of the eye); person having pale skin, Caucasian
White people
White people is a
racial classification specifier, depending on context used for people of
Europid ancestry. The contemporary usage of "white people" or a "white race" as a large group of (mainly European) populations contrasting with "
black",
American Indian, "
colored" or
non-white originates in the 17th century. It is today particularly used as a racial classifier in
multiracial societies, such as the
United States (
White American), the
United Kingdom (
White British),
Brazil (
White Brazilian), and
South Africa (
White South African). Various
social constructions of
whiteness have been significant to national identity,
public policy,
religion,
population statistics,
racial segregation,
affirmative action,
white privilege,
eugenics, racial
marginalization and
racial quotas.
white
Noun
1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
(synonym) whiteness
(antonym) black, blackness
(hypernym) achromatic color, achromatic colour
(hyponym) alabaster
(derivation) whiten
2. (board games) the lighter pieces
(antonym) black
(hypernym) man, piece
(classification) chess, chess game
3. (usually in the plural) trousers
(synonym) flannel, gabardine, tweed
(hypernym) trousers, pants
(classification) plural, plural form
Verb
1. turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
(synonym) whiten
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
(hyponym) bleach
(derivation) whiteness
Adjective
1. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
(synonym) achromatic
(antonym) black, achromatic
(similar) albescent
(see-also) light, light-colored
(attribute) value
2. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
(synonym) caucasian
(antonym) black
(similar) caucasoid
3. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"
(similar) pure
4. marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
(synonym) snowy
(similar) covered
5. restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
(synonym) lily-white
(similar) segregated, unintegrated
6. glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
(synonym) white-hot
(similar) hot
7. benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"
(similar) good
8. of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
(synonym) blank, clean
(similar) empty
9. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
(similar) diluted, dilute
10. dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
(similar) clothed, clad
11. (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
(synonym) whitened
(similar) colorless, colourless
12. ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"
(synonym) ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid
(similar) colorless, colourless
13. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
(similar) light
white
n.
bílá (barva); běloch, běloška; bílek; bělmo
white
Rzecz.
biel; kolor biały; człowiek białej rasy; białko
