whitewash
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
Types & categories
- licking hypernym
Sense 2 verb
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
Types & categories
- cover up hypernym
Related & opposite
- whitewash derivation
Sense 3 noun
wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
Types & categories
- wash hypernym
Related & opposite
- whitewash derivation
Sense 4 verb
cover with whitewash
whitewash walls
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- whitewash derivation
Sense 5 noun
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
Types & categories
- clearing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
Types & categories
- acquit hypernym
Related & opposite
- whitewash derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | licking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wash |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | wash |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcimine |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | clearing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquit |