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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'whitewash' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions whitewash noun  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. A victory without reply Translations:  French: lait de chaux verb  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. to cover over errors or bad actions. In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church. (baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning to hold a team pointless Translations:  Spanish: (t, es, encubrir) (trans-bottom) (trans-top, translations to be verified) Dutch: witten (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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