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Overview of noun whitewash
The noun whitewash has 3 senses
- whitewash -- (a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score)
- whitewash -- (wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces)
- whitewash -- (a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects)
Overview of verb whitewash
The verb whitewash has 3 senses
- whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up -- (cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes")
- whitewash -- (cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls")
- whitewash -- (exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data)