whitewash – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: defeat,
licking,
wash,
clearing,
cover up,
cover,
discharge,
clear,
acquit,
exculpate,
assoil,
exonerate
whitewash
v.
paint walls with whitewash; cover up, mask (sin, a defect, etc.); defeat decisively (Sports)
n.
watery lime solution for making walls white; cover up, masking (of sin, a defect, etc.); overwhelming defeat (Sports)
Whitewash
whitewash
Noun
1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
(hypernym) defeat, licking
2. wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
(hypernym) wash
3. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
(hypernym) clearing
(derivation) gloss over, sleek over, hush up
Verb
1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
(synonym) gloss over, sleek over, hush up
(hypernym) cover, cover up
2. cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"
(hypernym) wash
(hyponym) calcimine
3. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
(hypernym) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
whitewash
v.
bílit; zastírat
n.
vápno na bílení; zástěrka
whitewash
Czas.
bielić wapnem; wybielać
Rzecz.
wapno; wybielenie
