white1 adjectivewhite2 nounwhite3 verb
whitewhite1 /waɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective 
WORD ORIGINwhite1
Origin:
Old English hwitEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- white daisies
- A derivation of White Sunday, it refers to the white garments worn by the recently baptised Christians of the early Church.
- For years, the female tilt toward the Democrats was balanced by disproportionate white male support for Republicans.
- He and a white friend, William Grady, had been chased into the station by white youths throwing bottles and stones.
- His thick white hair was cut short and unevenly, so that in parts it stood up in clumps.
- Hundreds of white tables with white chairs are mostly filled with suntanned white people dressed colorfully.
- Nice white socks and a proper little coat.
Longman Language Activatorto be suddenly frightened
to be suddenly frightened by something that happens: · I got a terrible fright when that dog jumped out at me.get the fright of your life informal (=be suddenly very frightened): · I got the fright of my life when he suddenly spoke from out of the darkness.
to suddenly become so frightened that you cannot think clearly, especially if this makes you do something dangerous or stupid: · When the parachute didn't open I just panicked.· The soldiers panicked and opened fire on the raiders.· When a plane gets into difficulty it is essential that the pilot does not panic.
to make a sudden movement because you are surprised and frightened by something that happens very suddenly: · Something came out in front of me and I jumped.· Following the attacks, he now jumps every time he hears a plane.jump out of your skin: · She jumped out of her skin, as something cold and snakelike was thrust into her hand.
to suddenly feel very frightened, with the result that your face becomes very pale: · Alexander looked down the hall, and went pale with fright. It was as if he had seen a ghost. go white as a sheet: · You're as white as a sheet. What's happened?· The nurse came in with a hypodermic needle, and Rob went white as a sheet.
WORD SETSclansman, nounclanswoman, nounculturally, adverbculture, noundemography, noun-ese, suffixethnic, adjectiveethnography, nounethnology, nounfirst generation, nounintermarry, verbinterracial, adjectivekinship, nounmegalith, nounnative, adjectiveneanderthal, nounNeanderthal man, nounNeolithic, adjectivenomad, nounorientalist, nounpeace pipe, nounprimitive, adjectiveprimordial, adjectivepygmy, nounracial, adjectivesavage, adjectivesavage, nounsettlement, nounsettler, nountaboo, adjectivetotem, nountotem pole, nountribal, adjectivetribalism, nountribe, nountribesman, nountribeswoman, nountroglodyte, nounwampum, nounwar dance, nounwar paint, nounwhite, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Are you OK? You’re white as a sheet (=extremely pale). Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES red-breasted geese She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint. Whisk the egg white (=the white part) until stiff. Her hair is starting to go grey. The crowd was going wild with excitement. Rose’s hair was already turning grey. In October the leaves turn orange and yellow. The sun had turned the sky a glowing pink. Usually I wear black, grey, or brown. Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.
(=completely white) snow white hair
snow white hair Are you OK? You’re white as a sheet (=extremely pale). Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger.· The house was beside a dazzling white beach.
(=take all their money, possessions etc) The ten-year war has bled the country dry.
The ten-year war has bled the country dry.· Would you like white bread or brown bread?
red-breasted geese (=a type of blood cell that defends your body against disease)· In leukaemia there is an abnormal and excessive formation of white cells.
(=white in colour, with a sweet milky taste)· Serve the cake with a white chocolate sauce.
(=with snow on the ground)· We haven’t had a white Christmas in England for years.
· There was a bright blue sky with a few white clouds.
(=with milk)· I’d like a white coffee, please.
· The city has a large Asian community.
She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint. Whisk the egg white (=the white part) until stiff.· There was a large brown envelope on his desk.
(=whose meat is white when cooked)· grilled white fish
Her hair is starting to go grey. The crowd was going wild with excitement. British English (=equipment used in the home such as washing machines and refrigerators)· The house is unfurnished, except for white goods.
· an old man with white hair
(=used to describe metal that is extremely hot) He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot.
He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot. (=a small lie that you tell someone for good reasons, for example to avoid hurting their feelings)· We all have to tell white lies sometimes.
British English
(=a light-coloured meat such as chicken)· White meat is supposed to be healthier.
(=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)· professional occupations such as medicine or the law· Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.
· I decided to use white paint throughout the house.
· The bird has a large black patch on each side of its neck.
· There is a black and white photo of Sly Stone on the wall of their flat.
(=black or white people who live in a place)· Unemployment is greater among the black population.
· I could see she was white with rage.
· She still had the faint white scar on her ankle.
· I have fair skin that burns very easily.
· Black smoke poured out of the engine.
(=with milk)· Two white teas and a coffee, please.
· They had an old black and white television in the garage.
· His teeth were white and even.
Rose’s hair was already turning grey. In October the leaves turn orange and yellow. The sun had turned the sky a glowing pink. Usually I wear black, grey, or brown. (=a traditional wedding where the bride wears a white dress)· She had always wanted a white wedding.
Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.· The waiter brought some red wine.
(=someone who works in an office, a bank etc)· In the past, white-collar workers tended to work for one company for a long time, rather than changing jobs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Since 1998, white blood cells have been removed from donated blood.· His white blood count dropped after the treatment, as expected, but is now back up to pre-transplant levels.· This left him defenceless against the foreign white blood cells in the transfused blood.· His body was erroneously producing a flood of white blood cells in a frantic search for a disease that did not exist.· Lymphocyte: a variety of white blood cell.· Glover saw his face, dense as coal, no white blood, none of the high tones of the day.· In two-thirds of such patients, white blood cells known as T-Lymphocytes that are produced by the marrow attack their fresh surroundings.· Plasma is the protein-rich water that remains when red and white blood cells are removed from blood.
· The kitchen bread-bin yielded three loaves of wrapped sliced white bread, and a single granary loaf.· Unless you desire the whitest possible loaf, unbleached flour is processed less and certainly white enough for white bread.· Use pre-sliced white bread and remove the crusts.· As an alternative, I am proposing a slow, firm loaf that will change your view of white bread for ever.· So I have saved my white bread until last; there is some left for my old age.· I repeat: There are times when only white bread will do.· At one time in history white bread was too expensive for all but the very rich.· Either way this is a great bread combining both the enjoyment of light white bread with the nutritional benefits of fiber.
· There was strongly positive uptake by the entire graft on a labelled white cell scan.· So it keeps only a few copies of each white cell.· Apart from a moderate increase in the white cell count in both patients, the results of routine investigations were normal.· As soon as one type of white cell meets the antigen that fits its locks, it begins multiplying.· It's the white cells in tissue-typing.· His urine contains numerous white cells and bacteria.· I thought hard about my actual immune system and the white cells of which it is largely composed.· Occasionally, a substantially increased platelet or white cell count may lead to apparent increases in plasma potassium concentration.
· Suddenly like Matisse in a three-piece suit and consultant's white coat, I take infinite pains to keep this model alive.· Like any movie scientist worthy of his white coat, Bridges goes slowly mad.· A man in a long white coat came scurrying out and opened the back of the ambulance.· The white coat, cut from an old handkerchief, was particularly successful, she thought.· As a result, a shortage of melanin gives a cat a white coat and blue eyes-and destroys its hearing.· There's this bloke with a white coat on and this bag of bread, feeding the birds.· A male nurse in a white coat came out, and Jean sent him back for a wheelchair.· The white coat was worn with white trousers, without additional white stripes.
· But for the sheer number of performances, there has been nothing to compare with the serial trials of white collar criminals.· One recent study concluded: These days, some truckers are more inclined to sport white collars than tank tops.· Workers, both blue and white collar, have had it tough throughout the 1990s.· Bosses at Ford also announced 1,180 job losses on top of an expected 2,000 white collar redundancies.· Made by John Smedley in luxurious sea-island cotton, it sports posh white collar and cuff.· And talking of white collars ... all accountants in Hong Kong are already taking a position on 1997.· Father O'Harte, easing his little white collar, for it was a hot day, sighed deeply.
· Saracen ambassadors bring Charlemagne a white elephant complete with exotic trappings.· What do you do with a huge white elephant like that?· More spaces are needed at less cost not another white elephant office block.· In the simplest I found that many owners saw their houses as white elephants.· Its victims are usually poor folk made poorer by the white elephants their leaders have inflicted on them.· Cake and white elephant stalls plus a grand prize draw.· There's this picturesque white elephant development on the Costa del Sol, apparently going for a song.
· For poor blacks, without money to move, living in an inner-city ghetto can mean days without seeing a white face.· It was indeed an adult version of the sickly white faces of the boys in the playground.· He looked at her white face and the dark fear in her eyes and felt a brute.· His white face was spiteful, threatening and suggestive.· There was terror in her white face as she saw this.· The white faces of saints had grown insane and bloated, their purity profaned.· He's got long fair hair and a little white face too.
· They made a white flag and left by car.· A white flag would mean the baby was a boy, and it was safe to return.· Eventually Watney's waved the white flag, and Maxwell Joseph had acquired the brewery he wanted.· There are no white flags flying outside the former Santa Rosa.· But the men pulled a white flag and later surrendered in the presence of a priest.· The living come, murmuring with fresh flowers, their maps fluttering like white flags in the slight breeze.· All John Smith had done was put up the white flag.· In mid-afternoon, Salisbury was back under his white flag.
· A blue line had been daubed across his forehead and round his short white hair.· The summer light through the window frames Bill's white hair.· He is 61, with white hair and a droopy mustache.· His thick white hair was cut short and unevenly, so that in parts it stood up in clumps.· He has white hair, and he is clean-shaven.· Now, any kitten with tufts or streaks of white hair on an otherwise jet black coat will be ignored.· I wash your intimate places, pull your white hairs, and cut your nails.
· From 1874 upon the sail was emblazoned the rampant white horse of Kent.· The notion of some man on a white horse saving the party with a late candidacy is fanciful.· Mr Bean's mate was bringing out an extraordinary white horse covered in black spots.· A: A white horse swimming in Jell-O.· The white horse of heroin galloped to my side.· He was on a white horse but even she could see that it was not Ana's horse.· Here's the chap on the white horse again, he never loses his feathers.· The mist behind him formed a shape on a white horse.
· See the magnificent church of St. Mary, surrounded by small white houses set amongst palm trees and stunted eucalyptus.· While he stood in his quiet room on his quiet street, where white houses gleamed in the tropical night?· It was a two-storey white house nestling just within the last gentle curve up to the headland.· On Willow Drive, the big white house in the center of the circle there.· Some weeks later, a letter arrived at the little white house on the hill.· It was a trim white house with a ladder leaning against it.· Sunlight glittered on the snow at the peaks and on the tiny white houses below.· On one side was the island, low and bare: he saw a small white house and a few sheep.
· In the islands almost all white men were part of a rigid structure that turned them into guards and gaolers.· Likewise, their black servant is played by a white man.· They all represent the obsessional, neurotic and fetishistic sexuality of a gay scene, created by and for white men.· But it found white women equally favored Clinton and Dole, while white men overwhelmingly favored Dole.· That was at the very apogee of the age of imperialism, when white men carved up the black continent between them.· I had never, ever, ever seen a black man kill a white man.· When you go into council with the white man, always remember your country.· The white man was picking up and dropping little cans on one of the shelves.
· Some measures may be in train before the white paper is published.· In 25-page white papers, place a summary at the end to remind your reader of key points.· As he left, the image of scarlet, oval glove-prints on white paper went with him.· I did comb out a single dead louse, and we inspected it on a sheet of white paper.· Magilla was given a large sheet of plain white paper and a felt-tip pen and proceeded to write down all our thoughts.· This twenty-page white paper went directly to John Sculley.· It is always a relief to cover the white paper!· I went into a tea shop and ordered a pot of tea and a little cake in fluted white paper.
· They would never have dreamed of telling me to take a certain attitude towards white people.· Pupo sits among these Strange white people, ashamed and cornered.· There is no recognition that we, the white people, are wrong.· I want my good friends to tell the good white people what they did to us here at Wounded Knee.· It's like white people make these generalisations about our culture, without really understanding it.· We got too many white people, we need more red ones!· The white people have too many chiefs.· Hundreds of white tables with white chairs are mostly filled with suntanned white people dressed colorfully.
· Combine the gravadlax, cucumber and yogurt in a bowl, add salt and white pepper to taste.· Season with sea salt and white pepper.· Add white pepper and paprika, Corn Flakes or bread crumbs, parsley and whole egg and egg whites.
· It was clear that the white population would accept an agreement with alacrity.· The white population around the borders of the reservation was growing and expanding.· The conference is seen by some as part of a continuing campaign of racial denigration against the country's white population.· Numerous programs for increasing the white population were debated in the colonial assembly, but no resolution was adopted.· Only in the homogeneous white population of the United Provinces of the River Plate did independence seem secure.· As their baseline constituents, the blue-collar and middle-class white populations, migrated to the suburbs, long-standing political alignments dissolved.· As with other areas, global comparisons between black and white populations hide differences within the black population.· Monroe was an irreconcilable opponent of national policy and a recognized leader of the rebel portion of the white population.
· There was the big brass bed with its snowy white sheets, its marshmallow pillows and top-cover of fringed ivory lace.· Dot was in a wide high bed with white sheets, two pillows, two blankets and an eiderdown.· A double bed with starched white sheets covering a too-soft mattress fills most of the space.· He was asleep, his frail hands folded on the white sheet.· She saw seven place settings and seven beds with white sheets.· She held the bundle up and finished unwrapping it from its white sheet.
· He goes into the bedroom and puts on a clean white shirt and a suit.· Saturday night at the Shoreline Amphitheatre he was wearing a white shirt and thick framed glasses.· He was dressed neatly enough in grey breeches, white shirt and an ill-fitting blue coat, but was barefoot.· He is dressed all in black, except for a white shirt.· He was wearing white flannel trousers and a white shirt with a cravat at his neck.· They were dignified men with stiff white shirts and shoes as shiny as black marble.· He still wore the grey flannel trousers, white shirt and maroon pullover of his school, but his feet were bare.· He was short, in his fifties, wearing a white shirt with a brown paisley pattern.
· There is growing evidence that white supremacist groups are renewing hate campaigns against Aborigines in some provincial towns.· It is why movements like the religious right or white supremacists have not gained good purchase here.· I consider this to be a racist response to help a group of people who are-predominantly-racist white supremacists.· They changed the subject by noting their prosecution of some highly publicized cases against the Klan and other white supremacist organizations.· The killer: a white supremacist named Robert Chambliss.· Another element is the continuing presence of organized white supremacists in our society and the violence they perpetrate.· Toole says all the Montana groups have white supremacist links.
· Tie-breaker Describe in no more than 100 words how the production of sweet white wines varies from that of dry white wines.· The 1995 Domaine de la RomaneeConti Montrachet is just as fabulous and expensive a white wine.· Leaving white wines unfiltered is certainly far more revolutionary than a bit of oak.· Red wine, for instance, has more congeners than white wine.· Salmon Parisienne with a delicious white wine sauce.· John sips a glass of white wine methodically.· Add white wine, red wine vinegar, tomato purée and mustard to the pan with the garlic.· Then they disseminated research pointing to both red and white wine.
· Well, not just me: he loves all white women.· One white woman nearby caught her attention.· The white woman picked a branch of magenta bougainvillea flowers and put them in a glass on the table.· The naked white woman on the bed seemed like any odalisque, Venus, or Danaeidealized flesh made into art.· The emerging feminist perspectives on poverty, too, have been resourced primarily by the accounts provided by white women.· But it found white women equally favored Clinton and Dole, while white men overwhelmingly favored Dole.· The elder was behaving as if parties of white women were constantly presenting him with gunpowder.· Through their eyes, a white woman traveling in a car filled with black folks looked like a hostage.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► whiter than whitePHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► white-coated/fur-coated etc► snow-capped, white-capped etc► great white chief
- Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people.
- Music piped from nowhere and everywhere with the dream of a white Christmas.
- Noreen was hoping for a white Christmas but she was going to be disappointed.
- While many children were hoping for a white Christmas more than 500,000 families were packing their suitcases and heading for the sun.
- Who's been dreaming of a white Christmas?
- "Is the film 'Casablanca' in colour?'' "No, it's in black and white.''
- Black and white TV sets are now very cheap to buy.
- an exhibition of black and white photos
- A small black and white quarter horse was nibbling grass among the trees.
- Co. are responding in stark black and white.
- More than 350 colour and black and white photos, and illustrations.
- Razor bills are black and white with deep, square bills.
- That perception of inferiority in turn means that some sort of caste barrier is erected between black and white.
- The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves.
- There are now genuine friendships among black and white leaders and there has been progress.
- This allows real-life 3-D objects to be digitised in both black and white and colour.
- The rules are there in black and white for everyone to see.
- But white-collar crime seems to be the new image of the law profession.
- Crimes which are committed by those in higher positions in the social stratification system are commonly referred to as white-collar crimes.
- Edwin Sutherland's famous pioneering work in 1940 produced evidence that white-collar crime might be substantially underestimated in official criminal statistics.
WORD FAMILYnounwhitewhitenesswhiteneradjectivewhiteverbwhiten
1colour having the colour of milk, salt, or snow: a white dresspure/snow white (=completely white) snow white hair2people a)belonging to the race of people with pale skin: young white males b)relating to white people: a white neighborhood3pale looking pale, because of illness, strong emotion etc: Are you OK? You’re white as a sheet (=extremely pale).white with anger/fear etc Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger.4coffee [usually before noun] British English white coffee has milk or cream in it5wine white wine is a pale yellow colour6a white Christmas a Christmas when there is snow7whiter than white completely morally good: He said that he had never claimed to be whiter than white.—whiteness noun [uncountable]white1 adjectivewhite2 nounwhite3 verb
whitewhite2 ●●● S3 W2 noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Whites make up 60% of the student population.
- Californian whites are selling well.
- Both had been told from childhood that black men and women could never reach the heights that whites attain.
- He points out that poor and middle-class whites will suffer, not the rich.
- Prominent strips of inlay were left unfinished; awkward patches of pink sandstone intrude into the glistening white of the dome.
- Then came sugar, and by the late 1700s there were 10, 000 blacks, outnumbering whites by 10 to one.
- This is especially true in California, where non-Hispanic whites now make up only 55 percent of the population.
- Using a spatula, fold in the remaining whites.
WORD SETS
amber, nounamethyst, nounapricot, nounaquamarine, nounashen, adjectiveauburn, adjectiveazure, adjectivebar, nounbarred, adjectivebeige, nounblack, adjectiveblack, nounblack, verbblack and white, adjectiveblacken, verbbleed, verbblood-red, adjectiveblue, adjectiveblue, nounbluish, adjectivebold, adjectivebottle green, nounbrassy, adjectivebrindled, adjectivebronze, nounbronze, adjectivebrown, adjectivebrown, nounbuff, nounburgundy, nouncarmine, nouncarroty, adjectivecerise, nouncerulean, nounchartreuse, nouncherry, nounchestnut, nounchestnut, adjectivechromatic, adjectivechrome yellow, nounclaret, nounclear, adjectivecoffee, nouncool, adjectivecopper, nouncoral, adjectivecream, adjectivecreamy, adjectivecrimson, adjectivecyan, adjectivedappled, adjectivedapple-grey, nounDay-Glo, adjectivediscoloration, noundiscolour, verbdrab, adjectivedull, adjectivedun, noundusky, adjectivedye, verbebony, adjectivefawn, adjectiveflaxen, adjectiveflesh-coloured, adjectiveflorid, adjectivefluorescent, adjectiveflush, nounfuchsia, noungarish, adjectivegarnet, noungaudy, adjectivegay, adjectiveginger, adjectivegold, noungold, adjectivegolden, adjectivegray, green, adjectivegreen, noungreenish, adjectivegrey, adjectivegrey, noungreyish, adjectivehazel, adjectiveindigo, nouniridescent, adjectiveivory, nounjade, nounjet-black, adjectivekhaki, nounlavender, nounleaden, adjectivelemon, nounlilac, nounlily-white, adjectivelime green, nounlivid, adjectiveloud, adjectiveluminous, adjectivelurid, adjectivemagenta, nounmagnolia, nounmahogany, nounmaroon, nounmatch, nounmauve, nounmellow, adjectivemellow, verbmonochrome, adjectivemousy, adjectivemuddy, adjectivemulticoloured, adjectivemustard, nounmuted, adjectivenavy blue, adjectiveneutral, adjectiveochre, nounoff-white, nounolive, nounopalescent, adjectiveorange, nounpale, adjectivepastel, nounpastel, adjectivepeach, nounpea green, nounpearly, adjectivepepper-and-salt, adjectivepink, adjectivepink, nounpinkish, adjectiveplum, nounplum, adjectivepowder blue, nounprimary colour, nounprimrose, nounprismatic, adjectivepuce, adjectivepure, adjectivepurple, nounpurplish, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounredden, verbreddish, adjectiveredhead, nounrestrained, adjectiverich, adjectiverose, nounrose, adjectiveroseate, adjectiverose-coloured, adjectiverosy, adjectiveroyal blue, nounruby, nounruddy, adjectiverusset, nounsable, adjectivesaffron, nounscarlet, adjectivesepia, nounshade, nounshocking pink, nounsienna, nounsilver, nounsilver, adjectivesilvery, adjectivesky-blue, adjectivesnow-white, adjectivesnowy, adjectivesoft, adjectivesombre, adjectivesteely, adjectivetaupe, nountawny, adjectiveteal, nountint, nountint, verbtone, nounturquoise, nountwo-tone, adjectiveultramarine, nounumber, nounvermilion, nounvibrant, adjectiveviolet, nounwarm, adjectivewaxen, adjectiveweak, adjectivewhite, adjectivewhite, nounwhiten, verbwhitish, adjectiveyellow, adjectiveyellow, nounyellow, verbyellowy, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES red-breasted geese She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint. Whisk the egg white (=the white part) until stiff. Her hair is starting to go grey. The crowd was going wild with excitement. Rose’s hair was already turning grey. In October the leaves turn orange and yellow. The sun had turned the sky a glowing pink. Usually I wear black, grey, or brown. Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.
· The house was beside a dazzling white beach.
(=take all their money, possessions etc) The ten-year war has bled the country dry.
The ten-year war has bled the country dry.· Would you like white bread or brown bread?
red-breasted geese (=a type of blood cell that defends your body against disease)· In leukaemia there is an abnormal and excessive formation of white cells.
(=white in colour, with a sweet milky taste)· Serve the cake with a white chocolate sauce.
(=with snow on the ground)· We haven’t had a white Christmas in England for years.
· There was a bright blue sky with a few white clouds.
(=with milk)· I’d like a white coffee, please.
· The city has a large Asian community.
She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint. Whisk the egg white (=the white part) until stiff.· There was a large brown envelope on his desk.
(=whose meat is white when cooked)· grilled white fish
Her hair is starting to go grey. The crowd was going wild with excitement. British English (=equipment used in the home such as washing machines and refrigerators)· The house is unfurnished, except for white goods.
· an old man with white hair
(=used to describe metal that is extremely hot) He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot.
He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot. (=a small lie that you tell someone for good reasons, for example to avoid hurting their feelings)· We all have to tell white lies sometimes.
British English
(=a light-coloured meat such as chicken)· White meat is supposed to be healthier.
(=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)· professional occupations such as medicine or the law· Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.
· I decided to use white paint throughout the house.
· The bird has a large black patch on each side of its neck.
· There is a black and white photo of Sly Stone on the wall of their flat.
(=black or white people who live in a place)· Unemployment is greater among the black population.
· I could see she was white with rage.
· She still had the faint white scar on her ankle.
· I have fair skin that burns very easily.
· Black smoke poured out of the engine.
(=with milk)· Two white teas and a coffee, please.
· They had an old black and white television in the garage.
· His teeth were white and even.
Rose’s hair was already turning grey. In October the leaves turn orange and yellow. The sun had turned the sky a glowing pink. Usually I wear black, grey, or brown. (=a traditional wedding where the bride wears a white dress)· She had always wanted a white wedding.
Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.· The waiter brought some red wine.
(=someone who works in an office, a bank etc)· In the past, white-collar workers tended to work for one company for a long time, rather than changing jobs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· He points out that poor and middle-class whites will suffer, not the rich.· The poor whites, and poor blacks.
NOUN· Whisk 2 egg whites until firm and fold into the mixture.· Add white pepper and paprika, Corn Flakes or bread crumbs, parsley and whole egg and egg whites.· Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then add to the cream.· Brush lightly with beaten egg white and sprinkle with sugar, if desired.· In a separate mixing bowl, whip egg whites until firm but not dry.· Add the egg whites and one tablespoon of cold water and mix thoroughly. 3.· The cake with four egg whites was dry, dry, dry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► white-coated/fur-coated etc► snow-capped, white-capped etc► great white chief
- "Is the film 'Casablanca' in colour?'' "No, it's in black and white.''
- Black and white TV sets are now very cheap to buy.
- an exhibition of black and white photos
- A small black and white quarter horse was nibbling grass among the trees.
- Co. are responding in stark black and white.
- More than 350 colour and black and white photos, and illustrations.
- Razor bills are black and white with deep, square bills.
- That perception of inferiority in turn means that some sort of caste barrier is erected between black and white.
- The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves.
- There are now genuine friendships among black and white leaders and there has been progress.
- This allows real-life 3-D objects to be digitised in both black and white and colour.
- The rules are there in black and white for everyone to see.
- But white-collar crime seems to be the new image of the law profession.
- Crimes which are committed by those in higher positions in the social stratification system are commonly referred to as white-collar crimes.
- Edwin Sutherland's famous pioneering work in 1940 produced evidence that white-collar crime might be substantially underestimated in official criminal statistics.
WORD FAMILYnounwhitewhitenesswhiteneradjectivewhiteverbwhiten
1
colour [uncountable] the colour of milk, salt, and snow2people (also White) [countable] someone who belongs to the race of people with pale skin: The mayor is very popular among whites.3wine [countable, uncountable] wine that is pale yellow in colour: a nice bottle of white California has some of the finest whites in the world.4eye [countable + of] the white part of your eye5egg [countable, uncountable] the part of an egg that surrounds the yolk (=yellow part) and becomes white when cooked6whites [plural] a)white clothes, sheets etc, which are separated from dark colours when they are washed b)white clothes that are worn for some sports, such as tenniswhite1 adjectivewhite2 nounwhite3 verb
whitewhite3 verb VERB TABLE
white
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | white |
| he, she, it | whites | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | whited |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have whited |
| he, she, it | has whited | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had whited |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will white |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have whited |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am whiting |
| he, she, it | is whiting | |
| you, we, they | are whiting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was whiting |
| you, we, they | were whiting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been whiting |
| he, she, it | has been whiting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been whiting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be whiting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been whiting |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- I bathe and dress, and paste my face in gauzy liquid, whiting out the spots and the sweat.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES red-breasted geese She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint. Whisk the egg white (=the white part) until stiff. Her hair is starting to go grey. The crowd was going wild with excitement. Rose’s hair was already turning grey. In October the leaves turn orange and yellow. The sun had turned the sky a glowing pink. Usually I wear black, grey, or brown. Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.
· The house was beside a dazzling white beach.
(=take all their money, possessions etc) The ten-year war has bled the country dry.
The ten-year war has bled the country dry.· Would you like white bread or brown bread?
red-breasted geese (=a type of blood cell that defends your body against disease)· In leukaemia there is an abnormal and excessive formation of white cells.
(=white in colour, with a sweet milky taste)· Serve the cake with a white chocolate sauce.
(=with snow on the ground)· We haven’t had a white Christmas in England for years.
· There was a bright blue sky with a few white clouds.
(=with milk)· I’d like a white coffee, please.
· The city has a large Asian community.
She was deathly pale, and looked as if she might faint. Whisk the egg white (=the white part) until stiff.· There was a large brown envelope on his desk.
(=whose meat is white when cooked)· grilled white fish
Her hair is starting to go grey. The crowd was going wild with excitement. British English (=equipment used in the home such as washing machines and refrigerators)· The house is unfurnished, except for white goods.
· an old man with white hair
(=used to describe metal that is extremely hot) He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot.
He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot. (=a small lie that you tell someone for good reasons, for example to avoid hurting their feelings)· We all have to tell white lies sometimes.
British English
(=a light-coloured meat such as chicken)· White meat is supposed to be healthier.
(=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)· professional occupations such as medicine or the law· Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.
· I decided to use white paint throughout the house.
· The bird has a large black patch on each side of its neck.
· There is a black and white photo of Sly Stone on the wall of their flat.
(=black or white people who live in a place)· Unemployment is greater among the black population.
· I could see she was white with rage.
· She still had the faint white scar on her ankle.
· I have fair skin that burns very easily.
· Black smoke poured out of the engine.
(=with milk)· Two white teas and a coffee, please.
· They had an old black and white television in the garage.
· His teeth were white and even.
Rose’s hair was already turning grey. In October the leaves turn orange and yellow. The sun had turned the sky a glowing pink. Usually I wear black, grey, or brown. (=a traditional wedding where the bride wears a white dress)· She had always wanted a white wedding.
Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.· The waiter brought some red wine.
(=someone who works in an office, a bank etc)· In the past, white-collar workers tended to work for one company for a long time, rather than changing jobs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► white-coated/fur-coated etc► snow-capped, white-capped etc► great white chief
white something ↔ out phrasal verb to cover something written on paper, especially a mistake, with a special white liquid so that it cannot be seen anymore- "Is the film 'Casablanca' in colour?'' "No, it's in black and white.''
- Black and white TV sets are now very cheap to buy.
- an exhibition of black and white photos
- A small black and white quarter horse was nibbling grass among the trees.
- Co. are responding in stark black and white.
- More than 350 colour and black and white photos, and illustrations.
- Razor bills are black and white with deep, square bills.
- That perception of inferiority in turn means that some sort of caste barrier is erected between black and white.
- The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves.
- There are now genuine friendships among black and white leaders and there has been progress.
- This allows real-life 3-D objects to be digitised in both black and white and colour.
- The rules are there in black and white for everyone to see.
- But white-collar crime seems to be the new image of the law profession.
- Crimes which are committed by those in higher positions in the social stratification system are commonly referred to as white-collar crimes.
- Edwin Sutherland's famous pioneering work in 1940 produced evidence that white-collar crime might be substantially underestimated in official criminal statistics.
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