whitewash
noun
1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
Definition categories: event, defeat, licking
2. wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
Definition categories: man–made, wash
3. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
verb
1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
Definition categories: perception, cover
2. cover with whitewash
- whitewash walls
Definition categories: contact, wash
3. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
Definition categories: communication, acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate
Sentences with whitewash as a verb:
- The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.
- In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
- Hollywood, Don't You Dare Whitewash Stonewall