VERB
  • Definition - To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
  • Example - The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.
  • Definition - To cover over errors or bad actions.
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
  • Definition - To repay the financial debts of (another person).
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
  • Definition - (late, 19th century) To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
  • Definition - In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
  • Definition - To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation.
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
NOUN
  • Definition - The application of whitewash.
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
  • Definition - The effacement of errors or bad actions.
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
  • Synonyms - whitewash
  • Definition - The revisionist portrayal of something as to over-favor the Caucasian/white populaces.
  • Example - In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.
Words in your word
12 Letter Words
whitewashing 25
10 Letter Words
whitewings 20
9 Letter Words
whitewash 21 whishting 19 whitewing 19 sheathing 16 whingiest 16
6 Letter Words
whisht 15 aweigh 13 eighth 13 hawing 13 height 13 hewing 13 hights 13 thighs 13 weighs 13 weight 13 whangs 13 whinge 13 wights 13 heaths 12 heishi 12 newish 12 sheath 12 swathe 12 swithe 12 wahine 12 wheats 12 whenas 12 whines 12 whiten 12 whites 12 winish 12 withes 12 within 12 ashing 10 aweing 10 eights 10 gawsie 10 geisha 10 haeing 10 hating 10 hieing 10 hinges 10 neighs 10 nights 10 sawing 10 sewing 10 swinge 10 tawing 10 tewing 10 thangs 10 thegns 10 things 10 twangs 10 twinge 10 wigans 10
5 Letter Words
whews 14 whish 14 heigh 12 highs 12 hight 12 thigh 12 weigh 12 whang 12 whigs 12 wight 12 hawse 11 heath 11 heths 11 shawn 11 shewn 11 swath 11 swith 11 thaws 11 thews 11 whats 11 wheat 11 whens 11 whets 11 whine 11 whins 11 whist 11 white 11 whits 11 wisha 11 withe 11 ahing 9 awing 9 eight 9 ghast 9 ghats 9 gnash 9 gnaws 9 gwine 9 hangs 9 hinge 9 neigh 9 nighs 9 night 9 sangh 9 sight 9 swage 9 swang 9 swing 9 thang 9 thegn 9
4 Letter Words
whew 13 high 11 whig 11 hahs 10 hash 10 hath 10 haws 10 hehs 10 heth 10 hewn 10 hews 10 hwan 10 shah 10 shaw 10 shew 10 shwa 10 thaw 10 thew 10 wash 10 waws 10 what 10 when 10 whet 10 whin 10 whit 10 wish 10 with 10 gash 8 ghat 8 ghis 8 gnaw 8 hags 8 hang 8 nigh 8 shag 8 sigh 8 swag 8 swig 8 twig 8 wage 8 wags 8 wigs 8 wing 8 ahis 7 anew 7 awes 7 awns 7 eath 7 eths 7 haen 7
3 Letter Words
hah 9 haw 9 heh 9 hew 9 shh 9 waw 9 wha 9 ghi 7 hag 7 wag 7 wig 7 ahi 6 ahs 6 ash 6 awe 6 awn 6 eth 6 hae 6 has 6 hat 6 hen 6 hes 6 het 6 hie 6 hin 6 his 6 hit 6 nah 6 naw 6 new 6 nth 6 saw 6 sew 6 sha 6 she 6 taw 6 tew 6 the 6 twa 6 wae 6 wan 6 was 6 wat 6 wen 6 wet 6 win 6 wis 6 wit 6 age 4 ags 4
2 Letter Words
ah 5 aw 5 eh 5 ew 5 ha 5 he 5 hi 5 sh 5 we 5 ag 3 gi 3 ae 2 ai 2 an 2 as 2 at 2 en 2 es 2 et 2 in 2 is 2 it 2 na 2 ne 2 si 2 ta 2 te 2 ti 2
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