Whitewash | Mean of whitewash in English Dictionary
/ˈwaɪtˌwɑːʃ/
- Noun
- a white liquid mixture used for making surfaces (such as walls or fences) whiter
- a planned effort to hide a dishonest, immoral, or illegal act or situation
- Many people believe that official report about the investigation was a whitewash written to conceal the truth.
- a defeat in a game or contest in which the loser does not score any points
- a 10–0 whitewash
- Verb
- to make (something) whiter by painting it with whitewash
- They whitewashed the fence.
- whitewashed walls/buildings
- to prevent people from learning the truth about (something bad, such as a dishonest, immoral, or illegal act or situation)
- a book that tries to whitewash the country's past
- to defeat (an opponent) easily by winning every game, point, etc.
- She was whitewashed 8–0.
