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Noun whitewash has 3 senses
- whitewash - a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
--1 is a kind of defeat, licking
- whitewash - wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
--2 is a kind of wash
- whitewash - a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
--3 is a kind of clearing
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"
--1 is one way to cover, cover up
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- whitewash - cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"
--2 is one way to wash
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- whitewash - exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
--3 is one way to acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
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