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1.
of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
2.
light or comparatively light in color.
3.
(of human beings) marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, as of many Caucasoids.
4.
for, limited to, or predominantly made up of persons whose racial heritage is caucasian: a white club; a white neighborhood.
5.
EXPANDpallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage.
6.
silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair.
7.
snowy: a white Christmas.
8.
lacking color; transparent.
9.
(politically) ultraconservative.
10.
blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below.
11.
Armor. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering; alwite.
12.
wearing white clothing: a white monk.
13.
Slang. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's very white of you.
14.
auspicious or fortunate.
15.
morally pure; innocent.
16.
without malice; harmless: white magic.
17.
(of wines) light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red.
18.
COLLAPSEBritish. (of coffee) containing milk.
noun
19.
a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.
20.
a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible.
21.
quality or state of being white.
22.
lightness of skin pigment.
23.
EXPANDa person whose racial heritage is Caucasian.
24.
a white material or substance.
25.
the white part of something.
26.
Biology. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen.
27.
the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye.
28.
whites,
a.
white or nearly white clothing.
b.
top-grade white flour.
29.
white wine: Graves is a good white.
30.
a type or breed that is white in color.
31.
Usually, whites. a blank space in printing.
32.
(initial capital letter) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White.
33.
Entomology. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies.
34.
white fabric.
35.
Archery.
a.
the outermost ring of the butt.
b.
an arrow that hits this portion of the butt.
c.
the central part of the butt or target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow.
d.
Archaic. a target painted white.
36.
Chess, Checkers. the men or pieces that are light-colored.
37.
COLLAPSE(often initial capital letter) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase38.
Printing.
a.
to make white by leaving blank spaces (often followed by out).
b.
to whiten (areas of artwork) in retouching preparatory to photoengraving (often followed by out).
39.
Archaic. to make white; whiten.
40.
Idiomswhite out,
a.
to cover (errors in copy) with a white correction fluid.
b.
to censor, as by obliterating words or passages with white ink.
41.
bleed white, Informal. to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources: Dishonesty is bleeding the union white.
42.
in the white, in an unfinished state or condition, as furniture wood that has not been stained or varnished.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English whit(e), Old English hwīt; cognate with German weiss, Old Norse hvītr, Gothic hweits; akin to wheat
before 900; Middle English whit(e), Old English hwīt; cognate with German weiss, Old Norse hvītr, Gothic hweits; akin to wheat
Related forms
half-white, adjective
un·white, adjective
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| whites (waɪts) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | household linen or cotton goods, such as sheets |
| 2. | white or off-white clothing, such as that worn for playing cricket |
| 3. | an informal name for leucorrhoea |
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Word Origin & History
white
O.E. hwit, from P.Gmc. *khwitaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris. hwit, O.N. hvitr, Du. wit, O.H.G. hwiz, Ger. weiß, Goth. hveits), from PIE *kwintos/*kwindos "bright" (cf. Skt. svetah "white;" O.C.S. sviteti "to shine," svetu "light;" Lith. sviesti "to shine," svaityti "to brighten"). As a surname, originally
EXPANDwith reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in Eng., being well-established before the Conquest. Meaning "morally pure" was in O.E. Association with royalist causes is late 18c. Slang sense of "honorable, fair" is 1877, Amer.Eng. The racial sense (adj.) of "of those races (chiefly European or of European extraction) characterized by light complexion" is first recorded 1604. The noun in this sense ("white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion") is from 1671; whitey in this sense is recorded from 1828. White supremacy attested from 1902; white flight is from 1967. White heat "state of intense or extreme emotion" first recorded 1839. White lie is attested from 1741. White Christmas is attested from 1857. White-collar is from 1919, first attested in Upton Sinclair. White House at the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river rapids" is recorded from 1586. White Russian "language of Byelorussia" is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c.1978.
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