English

Noun
whitewash

1. a lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.

#:Quotations
#:*1952: For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 157.

1. A victory without reply

Translations
French: lait de chaux
Russian: белила (belíla) n|p

Verb
whitewash

1. to paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.

#:The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.

1. to cover over errors or bad actions.

#:In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.

1. baseball slang an 1800s baseball term meaning to hold a team pointless

Translations
trans-top|paint
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Spanish: t|es|blanquear
trans-bottom
trans-top|cover errors
trans-mid
Spanish: t|es|encubrir
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trans-top|translations to be verified
Dutch: witten
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See also
wikipedia
blackwash

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