Definition of whitewash in English:

whitewash

noun ˈwʌɪtwɒʃ

1mass noun A solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.
Example sentencesExamples
- The morning the debate on Hutton was held, demonstrators dressed as judges threw whitewash at the gates of Blair's Number 10 Downing Street residence.
- The whitewash walls were in good repair but the roof was mossy and many of the tiles were cracked or askew.
- Wall paintings in particular, once so abundant, have succumbed to decay, destruction, or covering over with whitewash.
- Never mix insecticides in ordinary lime whitewash.
- Light spattered down the steps like whitewash off a sloppy painter's brush, but the splashes caught no one.
- In my own garden I have an old stone wall with remnants of whitewash that reflects the sunlight and heat in summer.
- Men dig the raw material in the mountains and transport it to their homes where women apply it to the house walls as whitewash.
- The saddlebags had been brought from the stables and rested on a wooden bench near the washstand, already patterned with chips of whitewash flaking from the walls.
- Casts of sports trophies, a toy train, a saw, a football and a cross are some of the items embedded in the work, all of them rendered fossil-like by the lime whitewash.
- But no amount of whitewash and tarmac can hide Georgian society's deeper malaise.
- But Monty didn't stop his whitewash at the front door.
- These wall paintings were executed sometime during the later sixteenth century and covered with whitewash (rather than sanded off) in the seventeenth century as tastes changed.
- A health education program is needed that explains the dangers of asbestos exposure and warns about the use of asbestos-containing soils for whitewash.
- Lime whitewashes are very alkaline and cause insecticides to become ineffective in controlling insects.
- Many of the buildings are faced with light-hued stone or stucco daubed with whitewash, the doors and window frames of some painted blue-the color for good luck.
- Chunks of whitewash were missing exposing the grey material underneath.
- The two main churches, the Nieuwe Kerk and the Oude Kerk, are serene oases of wood, brick and whitewash.
- Most Andalusian villages are white since whitewash covers the walls of the houses but only one itinerary in the region is called the Route of the White Villages.
- They were of an older stile, bricks and mortar peeping out from behind chipped whitewash.
- All his polychromes were thought to have been lost or defaced, until some of them were accidentally found just two years ago, hidden under whitewash and plaster, by a German film team making a documentary on the writer.
1. 1.1in singular A deliberate attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about a person or organization in order to protect their reputation.
  the opposition called the report ‘a whitewash’
  Example sentencesExamples
  Months later, in October 2002, the committee's Certain Maritime Incident report produced a whitewash.
  The University's first response to the allegations back in 2002, under the previous Vice Chancellor, was largely a whitewash relying on a report from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
  In other words, the media report is a classic whitewash.
  The obituary was the usual nostalgic whitewash.
  But there was a growing backlash from supporters of the BBC who claimed Lord Hutton's report had been a whitewash.
  Both agree the report was essentially a whitewash.
  The ‘review’ is certain to be another whitewash.
  For starters, van Buitenen wants to make sure there is no whitewash of the corruption cases he exposed in 1999.
  ‘The families feel we are the victims of a whitewash and a cover-up in order to protect careers of certain individuals,’ he added.
  The president of Rats campaign group, Paul Dainton, welcomed the reports but said they were something of a whitewash.
  At the time, Elisse Hategan, a prominent defector from the Heritage Front, slammed the report as a whitewash.
  As the hearing opened, there was further evidence of a whitewash to protect more senior officers.
  We look forward to its conclusions, and trust that it will not be another socialist whitewash of the existing failed policy.
  Michelle thinks the report is a whitewash, and I haven't read it in enough detail to disagree.
  They were accused of a whitewash, and the voters expressed their contempt at the ballot box.
  Graham, Goss and Shelby all defended Snider, with Shelby declaring he is ‘not going to be associated with any whitewash.’
  There are a lot of people saying this was a whitewash designed to protect them in an election year.
  This journalist unhesitatingly labels the report a whitewash.
  Those who brand the Butler report a whitewash are talking nonsense to further their own political ends.
  So this limpid, adorable film is also a tough, matter-of-fact portrait of the everyday, not a sentimental, redemptive whitewash.
  Synonyms
  cover-up, -gate, camouflage, disguise, mask, concealment, suppression, deception, false front, facade, veneer, pretext
2informal A victory by the same side in every game of a series.
the Lions went downhill to a 4–0 whitewash
Example sentencesExamples
- In the arena of real sport though, Michael Vaughan and the England boys cruised to a whitewash 3-0 series victory over New Zealand.
- The only better run is by West Indies, who won ten successive Tests against England in the course of consecutive series whitewashes in 1984 and 1985-86.
- Ronnie O'Sullivan admitted he had not scaled the heights against Alan McManus despite claiming a 6 - whitewash.
- With the Test series fast approaching, Fleming will be hoping for similar hands from the rest of his batsmen to prevent yet another whitewash at the hands of Pakistan.
- It was left to Vaughan and Andrew Strauss to calmly complete the victory by adding the 46 runs required to complete victory and keep England on course for a series whitewash.
- Roland Garros has not seen a player so dominant in a women's final since Steffi Graf's whitewash of Natalia Zvereva in 1988.
- At stake for them was avoiding a series whitewash and getting a record winning chase total.
- This followed earlier whitewashes of Heworth and Bootham, the other two teams in the league.
- However 28-year-old Duggleby had to work a little harder in the 6-0 whitewash of Northumberland when it took a last hole win to see off the challenge of Julie Ross.
- With the Frank Worrell Trophy in the bag, a series whitewash is looming large against a team that fielded only three frontline bowlers in Trinidad and has seemingly abandoned the art of wicket-taking.
- Zimbabwe won the third one-day international in succession against Bangladesh yesterday for a 3-0 whitewash in the series.
- Sri Lanka had their eyes on a series whitewash long before Marvan Atapattu called his players in with the Sri Lankan score on 375 for 7.
- Bubwith's Cliff Harrison and Jill Schofield were the top performers in both matches, including two whitewashes in their match against York, to end the night with 33 games.
- He was not a patch on the hitherto unsung Michael Kasprowicz, who bowled with fire, bounce and zest during Australia's 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka.
- Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath had predicted a 5 - whitewash before the first test.
- Even within the 3 - whitewash in Australia, there were glimpses after Perth that this Pakistan is not as ready to roll over as previous sides.
- Doherty had to produce a performance akin to his 8-0 session whitewash of John Higgins earlier in the tournament if he was to have a chance of achieving one of the greatest comebacks in Crucible history.
- Jack's, always near the top of the table, finished the season in third place after a 10-0 whitewash of Tippy's 2.
- South Africa avoided a series whitewash with a 65-run win over Australia in the rain affected final limited overs cricket international at Newlands here yesterday.
- But while the Springboks' stock has steadily risen since RWC'03, the Wallabies have been going in the opposite direction after suffering a Tri Nations whitewash for the first time.

verb ˈwʌɪtwɒʃ

[with object]

1usually as adjective whitewashedPaint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash.
a suntrap surrounded by trees and whitewashed walls
Example sentencesExamples
- The walls had been whitewashed once, but now they were quite filthy.
- The high ceiling and the upper walls were plastered and whitewashed, a brilliant white in the illumination from skylights.
- Instead it whitewashed the interior walls and invited passers-by to write messages on them with felt-tip pens.
- If the basket will be painted, pickled, whitewashed or glazed, do so prior to lining, and let it dry thoroughly.
- Even in smaller houses, plaster was applied to finish interior walls and then whitewashed, painted or easily covered with wallpaper.
- In Italy, minding a friend's house, we managed to flood it, and spent much of our stay whitewashing walls which looked as if they'd been stained with nicotine.
- The few other streets wandered pleasantly past whitewashed buildings, the door frames painted blue or green or purple or red.
- The Shakers initially whitewashed the plaster walls and painted the interior woodwork.
- Robert Dunne and Jonathan Carney were given €25 each for whitewashing an outside wall and painting a corridor.
- The residents were directed to whitewash houses, clean backyards and houses, fence wells and clean latrines twice a day, within 24 hours.
- The walls were whitewashed, sporting a band of azure as trim, and the floors were carpeted with a matching blue color.
- How dare the new owners cut down those old fruit trees, not whitewash the walls, and put in those ugly blue tiles!
- His walls had been whitewashed and so the whole place seemed clean and fresh.
- The walls should be whitewashed and all swept down and a few stones of lime slacked in every loose box and spread all over the shippon floor.
- Now, people also take care that they don't damage inscriptions, mainly during temple renovations and while whitewashing the temple walls.
- Worse still, the walls are whitewashed haphazardly; the windows have the slightest bit of lint on them, and the room's smaller than a handkerchief.
- In subsequent days he continued to paint and whitewash the farm buildings, contributing to a more prosperous appearance for the new farm as a whole and creating marital harmony in the bargain.
- When the show's over, this and the three other smaller wall works will be whitewashed.
- The spacious area was surrounded with lofty walls, whitewashed and cleansed thoroughly, topped with black curved tiles like a sort of roofing.
- The Americans whitewashed the walls to cover the burns, and it has since been called the White House.
1. 1.1 Deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about (a person or organization)
  his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation
  Example sentencesExamples
  In other words, the problem was that the election process was so tainted that it feared its attempts to whitewash the poll would be rapidly exposed.
  The heroes are mostly whitewashed and predictable.
  Frohnmayer attempted to whitewash his hapless record; at least Alexander is more self-critical.
  His arrogance and attempts to whitewash the criminal activity of this government exacerbate the problem of terrorism and puts Australia at greater risk of retaliation.
  As Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch says, ‘Instead of whitewashing the facts, the Pentagon needs to come clean about the army's use of cluster munitions.’
  He was deeply involved in the attempt to whitewash and cover up the My Lai massacre.
  The commission, despite its attempts to whitewash the government, was compelled to admit that slavery existed.
  They are the outcome of an attempt to whitewash the Romans in order to make the new covenant faith more acceptable to gentiles.
  It would be wrong, however, to whitewash him as the last of the old-school, voluntarily resigning statesmen.
  Recently, however, efforts have been made, not to whitewash James, but at least to take a more balanced look at his character.
  Retrospective media coverage has whitewashed King while ignoring how his messages are radical challenges to the status quo of today.
  Let's hope the bill is not merely an attempt to whitewash over people's fears about education in this increasingly difficult time.
  Granted, he does whitewash the bad guys to a point where a fine actor like Meat Loaf Aday is left with little to be play but straight evil guy next door.
  Both the government and opposition are now engaged in attempting to whitewash the military.
  Both inquiries are intended to whitewash this fact.
  Steve Friend told the Comet he believes local Tories are trying to turn the issue into a vote winner by whitewashing over the facts regarding the development.
  This too me seems to be a lame excuse and the article an attempt to whitewash the failings of the Congress government.
  Such frankness contrasts with a widespread tendency in the past in the U.S. press and among establishment-oriented writers to whitewash Western client regimes.
  In an effort to shore up his position the chief is attempting to enlist the support of the NAACP and other middle class religious and community organizations to whitewash the killings.
  Writers who whitewash the facts in order to present their side of a story don't do anyone any good, least of all their own followers.
  Synonyms
  cover up, sweep under the carpet, hush up, suppress, draw/pull a veil over, conceal, camouflage, keep secret, keep dark, cloak, screen, veil, obscure
  gloss over, deal rapidly with, downplay, make light of, soft-pedal, minimize, de-emphasize, treat as unimportant
2informal Defeat (an opponent) in every game of a series.
Ireland were whitewashed 5-0
Example sentencesExamples
- Cheshire overpowered North Wales 13-5 at Vicars Cross after whitewashing them 6-0 in the foursomes.
- Swiss challengers Alinghi became the first European team to win the America's Cup after whitewashing Team New Zealand 5-0 in the best-of-nine series.
- Not all hope should be lost after your Eagles get whitewashed by the Patriots.
- Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has maintained that his team will not take West Indies lightly in spite of whitewashing them in the one-dayers.
- Elsewhere in Division Two, the Lothersdale ‘B’ stunned Embassy Ambassadors ‘C’ by whitewashing their hosts.
- Scarborough claimed the North Eastern Ladies League after whitewashing York in the title decider 99-64 to collect all ten points at stake.
- The Astros were shutout four times during this period and have been whitewashed a total of five times with Roger on the mound.
- The Kitwe giants whitewashed Chambishi 41-0 in an earlier fixture.
- After whitewashing Khan 9-0 in the first game, Quibell dropped the second in a tiebreaker and the third by a one-sided 9-2.
- Last summer, West Indies slumped to their first series defeat against England for 31 years and were then whitewashed 5-0 in Australia.
- New Zealand, who had been whitewashed in the three-match Test series by England, salvaged some pride by beating West Indies in the triangular one-day series final at Lord's.
- Only 72 hours after pouring six goals on Ecuador, Argentina was whitewashed by a stubborn Mexican defense, despite dominating play.
- And what about his Yankees, whitewashed by a wild-card team that won only 19 of its final 50 games in the regular season?
- Although the paceman captured 11 wickets in the first two Tests, Pakistan was whitewashed 3-0 in the series.
- This record allowed New Zealand to win the Tri-Nations, retain the Bledisloe Cup, whitewash the British and Irish Lions, and gain their ‘Grand Slam’.
- Our girls got off to a great start and threatened to whitewash their opponents in the first half.
- In the other fixture S&R Vikings put in a tremendous effort to whitewash Neata Glass Scorpions, taking the honours with 9 -.
- The third and final Test starts on January 2 and the South Africans will face an uphill struggle to prevent being whitewashed in the series, the source said.
- South Africa were in the process of being whitewashed by Australia anyway, but once the selection was made they rolled over to have their tummies tickled.
- They pulled off a magnificent triple by whitewashing Leeds Metropolitan University, Menwith Hill and Leeds 3-0.

Derivatives

whitewasher

noun ˈwʌɪtwɒʃə

Since the publication of photographs of abuse in the spring the administration's whitewashers have contended that the crimes were carried out by a few low-ranking reservists.
Example sentencesExamples
- As aggravating as the BBC's linguistic whitewashers are, our own are just as bad or worse.
- This whitewasher is former Associate V.P. Academic Judith Osbourne.
- When that column was published in the September ‘99 issue of GUNS, a few of our readers wrote in and called me a whitewasher.
- In fact, in Old Church of Amsterdam, the artist seems to work rather insistently against the efforts of the whitewasher.

Definition of whitewash in US English:

whitewash

noun

1A solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many of the buildings are faced with light-hued stone or stucco daubed with whitewash, the doors and window frames of some painted blue-the color for good luck.
- Casts of sports trophies, a toy train, a saw, a football and a cross are some of the items embedded in the work, all of them rendered fossil-like by the lime whitewash.
- The whitewash walls were in good repair but the roof was mossy and many of the tiles were cracked or askew.
- Wall paintings in particular, once so abundant, have succumbed to decay, destruction, or covering over with whitewash.
- But no amount of whitewash and tarmac can hide Georgian society's deeper malaise.
- A health education program is needed that explains the dangers of asbestos exposure and warns about the use of asbestos-containing soils for whitewash.
- Chunks of whitewash were missing exposing the grey material underneath.
- Lime whitewashes are very alkaline and cause insecticides to become ineffective in controlling insects.
- In my own garden I have an old stone wall with remnants of whitewash that reflects the sunlight and heat in summer.
- Light spattered down the steps like whitewash off a sloppy painter's brush, but the splashes caught no one.
- The two main churches, the Nieuwe Kerk and the Oude Kerk, are serene oases of wood, brick and whitewash.
- The saddlebags had been brought from the stables and rested on a wooden bench near the washstand, already patterned with chips of whitewash flaking from the walls.
- Men dig the raw material in the mountains and transport it to their homes where women apply it to the house walls as whitewash.
- Never mix insecticides in ordinary lime whitewash.
- All his polychromes were thought to have been lost or defaced, until some of them were accidentally found just two years ago, hidden under whitewash and plaster, by a German film team making a documentary on the writer.
- They were of an older stile, bricks and mortar peeping out from behind chipped whitewash.
- Most Andalusian villages are white since whitewash covers the walls of the houses but only one itinerary in the region is called the Route of the White Villages.
- These wall paintings were executed sometime during the later sixteenth century and covered with whitewash (rather than sanded off) in the seventeenth century as tastes changed.
- But Monty didn't stop his whitewash at the front door.
- The morning the debate on Hutton was held, demonstrators dressed as judges threw whitewash at the gates of Blair's Number 10 Downing Street residence.
1. 1.1 A deliberate concealment of someone's mistakes or faults in order to clear their name.
  Example sentencesExamples
  They were accused of a whitewash, and the voters expressed their contempt at the ballot box.
  This journalist unhesitatingly labels the report a whitewash.
  So this limpid, adorable film is also a tough, matter-of-fact portrait of the everyday, not a sentimental, redemptive whitewash.
  The ‘review’ is certain to be another whitewash.
  Those who brand the Butler report a whitewash are talking nonsense to further their own political ends.
  Both agree the report was essentially a whitewash.
  But there was a growing backlash from supporters of the BBC who claimed Lord Hutton's report had been a whitewash.
  Michelle thinks the report is a whitewash, and I haven't read it in enough detail to disagree.
  Months later, in October 2002, the committee's Certain Maritime Incident report produced a whitewash.
  The University's first response to the allegations back in 2002, under the previous Vice Chancellor, was largely a whitewash relying on a report from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
  The president of Rats campaign group, Paul Dainton, welcomed the reports but said they were something of a whitewash.
  ‘The families feel we are the victims of a whitewash and a cover-up in order to protect careers of certain individuals,’ he added.
  Graham, Goss and Shelby all defended Snider, with Shelby declaring he is ‘not going to be associated with any whitewash.’
  For starters, van Buitenen wants to make sure there is no whitewash of the corruption cases he exposed in 1999.
  We look forward to its conclusions, and trust that it will not be another socialist whitewash of the existing failed policy.
  In other words, the media report is a classic whitewash.
  The obituary was the usual nostalgic whitewash.
  At the time, Elisse Hategan, a prominent defector from the Heritage Front, slammed the report as a whitewash.
  As the hearing opened, there was further evidence of a whitewash to protect more senior officers.
  There are a lot of people saying this was a whitewash designed to protect them in an election year.
  Synonyms
  cover-up, -gate, camouflage, disguise, mask, concealment, suppression, deception, false front, facade, veneer, pretext
2informal A victory in a game in which the loser scores no points.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ronnie O'Sullivan admitted he had not scaled the heights against Alan McManus despite claiming a 6 - whitewash.
- Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath had predicted a 5 - whitewash before the first test.
- Even within the 3 - whitewash in Australia, there were glimpses after Perth that this Pakistan is not as ready to roll over as previous sides.
- Doherty had to produce a performance akin to his 8-0 session whitewash of John Higgins earlier in the tournament if he was to have a chance of achieving one of the greatest comebacks in Crucible history.
- In the arena of real sport though, Michael Vaughan and the England boys cruised to a whitewash 3-0 series victory over New Zealand.
- Roland Garros has not seen a player so dominant in a women's final since Steffi Graf's whitewash of Natalia Zvereva in 1988.
- With the Test series fast approaching, Fleming will be hoping for similar hands from the rest of his batsmen to prevent yet another whitewash at the hands of Pakistan.
- At stake for them was avoiding a series whitewash and getting a record winning chase total.
- He was not a patch on the hitherto unsung Michael Kasprowicz, who bowled with fire, bounce and zest during Australia's 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka.
- It was left to Vaughan and Andrew Strauss to calmly complete the victory by adding the 46 runs required to complete victory and keep England on course for a series whitewash.
- With the Frank Worrell Trophy in the bag, a series whitewash is looming large against a team that fielded only three frontline bowlers in Trinidad and has seemingly abandoned the art of wicket-taking.
- The only better run is by West Indies, who won ten successive Tests against England in the course of consecutive series whitewashes in 1984 and 1985-86.
- South Africa avoided a series whitewash with a 65-run win over Australia in the rain affected final limited overs cricket international at Newlands here yesterday.
- Bubwith's Cliff Harrison and Jill Schofield were the top performers in both matches, including two whitewashes in their match against York, to end the night with 33 games.
- Zimbabwe won the third one-day international in succession against Bangladesh yesterday for a 3-0 whitewash in the series.
- However 28-year-old Duggleby had to work a little harder in the 6-0 whitewash of Northumberland when it took a last hole win to see off the challenge of Julie Ross.
- Jack's, always near the top of the table, finished the season in third place after a 10-0 whitewash of Tippy's 2.
- This followed earlier whitewashes of Heworth and Bootham, the other two teams in the league.
- But while the Springboks' stock has steadily risen since RWC'03, the Wallabies have been going in the opposite direction after suffering a Tri Nations whitewash for the first time.
- Sri Lanka had their eyes on a series whitewash long before Marvan Atapattu called his players in with the Sri Lankan score on 375 for 7.

verb

[with object]

1usually as adjective whitewashedPaint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash.
Example sentencesExamples
- The walls had been whitewashed once, but now they were quite filthy.
- In Italy, minding a friend's house, we managed to flood it, and spent much of our stay whitewashing walls which looked as if they'd been stained with nicotine.
- The walls should be whitewashed and all swept down and a few stones of lime slacked in every loose box and spread all over the shippon floor.
- Now, people also take care that they don't damage inscriptions, mainly during temple renovations and while whitewashing the temple walls.
- Robert Dunne and Jonathan Carney were given €25 each for whitewashing an outside wall and painting a corridor.
- Instead it whitewashed the interior walls and invited passers-by to write messages on them with felt-tip pens.
- The high ceiling and the upper walls were plastered and whitewashed, a brilliant white in the illumination from skylights.
- The Americans whitewashed the walls to cover the burns, and it has since been called the White House.
- The walls were whitewashed, sporting a band of azure as trim, and the floors were carpeted with a matching blue color.
- Even in smaller houses, plaster was applied to finish interior walls and then whitewashed, painted or easily covered with wallpaper.
- His walls had been whitewashed and so the whole place seemed clean and fresh.
- If the basket will be painted, pickled, whitewashed or glazed, do so prior to lining, and let it dry thoroughly.
- How dare the new owners cut down those old fruit trees, not whitewash the walls, and put in those ugly blue tiles!
- The residents were directed to whitewash houses, clean backyards and houses, fence wells and clean latrines twice a day, within 24 hours.
- When the show's over, this and the three other smaller wall works will be whitewashed.
- The spacious area was surrounded with lofty walls, whitewashed and cleansed thoroughly, topped with black curved tiles like a sort of roofing.
- In subsequent days he continued to paint and whitewash the farm buildings, contributing to a more prosperous appearance for the new farm as a whole and creating marital harmony in the bargain.
- The Shakers initially whitewashed the plaster walls and painted the interior woodwork.
- Worse still, the walls are whitewashed haphazardly; the windows have the slightest bit of lint on them, and the room's smaller than a handkerchief.
- The few other streets wandered pleasantly past whitewashed buildings, the door frames painted blue or green or purple or red.
1. 1.1 Deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant facts about (a person or organization)
  his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation
  Example sentencesExamples
  In an effort to shore up his position the chief is attempting to enlist the support of the NAACP and other middle class religious and community organizations to whitewash the killings.
  His arrogance and attempts to whitewash the criminal activity of this government exacerbate the problem of terrorism and puts Australia at greater risk of retaliation.
  Both the government and opposition are now engaged in attempting to whitewash the military.
  They are the outcome of an attempt to whitewash the Romans in order to make the new covenant faith more acceptable to gentiles.
  Recently, however, efforts have been made, not to whitewash James, but at least to take a more balanced look at his character.
  Let's hope the bill is not merely an attempt to whitewash over people's fears about education in this increasingly difficult time.
  Writers who whitewash the facts in order to present their side of a story don't do anyone any good, least of all their own followers.
  In other words, the problem was that the election process was so tainted that it feared its attempts to whitewash the poll would be rapidly exposed.
  Both inquiries are intended to whitewash this fact.
  Steve Friend told the Comet he believes local Tories are trying to turn the issue into a vote winner by whitewashing over the facts regarding the development.
  As Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch says, ‘Instead of whitewashing the facts, the Pentagon needs to come clean about the army's use of cluster munitions.’
  This too me seems to be a lame excuse and the article an attempt to whitewash the failings of the Congress government.
  Such frankness contrasts with a widespread tendency in the past in the U.S. press and among establishment-oriented writers to whitewash Western client regimes.
  He was deeply involved in the attempt to whitewash and cover up the My Lai massacre.
  Retrospective media coverage has whitewashed King while ignoring how his messages are radical challenges to the status quo of today.
  The heroes are mostly whitewashed and predictable.
  Granted, he does whitewash the bad guys to a point where a fine actor like Meat Loaf Aday is left with little to be play but straight evil guy next door.
  It would be wrong, however, to whitewash him as the last of the old-school, voluntarily resigning statesmen.
  The commission, despite its attempts to whitewash the government, was compelled to admit that slavery existed.
  Frohnmayer attempted to whitewash his hapless record; at least Alexander is more self-critical.
  Synonyms
  cover up, sweep under the carpet, hush up, suppress, draw a veil over, pull a veil over, conceal, camouflage, keep secret, keep dark, cloak, screen, veil, obscure
2informal Defeat (an opponent), keeping them from scoring.
Example sentencesExamples
- Swiss challengers Alinghi became the first European team to win the America's Cup after whitewashing Team New Zealand 5-0 in the best-of-nine series.
- New Zealand, who had been whitewashed in the three-match Test series by England, salvaged some pride by beating West Indies in the triangular one-day series final at Lord's.
- The Kitwe giants whitewashed Chambishi 41-0 in an earlier fixture.
- Cheshire overpowered North Wales 13-5 at Vicars Cross after whitewashing them 6-0 in the foursomes.
- The third and final Test starts on January 2 and the South Africans will face an uphill struggle to prevent being whitewashed in the series, the source said.
- Only 72 hours after pouring six goals on Ecuador, Argentina was whitewashed by a stubborn Mexican defense, despite dominating play.
- South Africa were in the process of being whitewashed by Australia anyway, but once the selection was made they rolled over to have their tummies tickled.
- Last summer, West Indies slumped to their first series defeat against England for 31 years and were then whitewashed 5-0 in Australia.
- Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has maintained that his team will not take West Indies lightly in spite of whitewashing them in the one-dayers.
- After whitewashing Khan 9-0 in the first game, Quibell dropped the second in a tiebreaker and the third by a one-sided 9-2.
- Elsewhere in Division Two, the Lothersdale ‘B’ stunned Embassy Ambassadors ‘C’ by whitewashing their hosts.
- Not all hope should be lost after your Eagles get whitewashed by the Patriots.
- They pulled off a magnificent triple by whitewashing Leeds Metropolitan University, Menwith Hill and Leeds 3-0.
- Scarborough claimed the North Eastern Ladies League after whitewashing York in the title decider 99-64 to collect all ten points at stake.
- Our girls got off to a great start and threatened to whitewash their opponents in the first half.
- The Astros were shutout four times during this period and have been whitewashed a total of five times with Roger on the mound.
- In the other fixture S&R Vikings put in a tremendous effort to whitewash Neata Glass Scorpions, taking the honours with 9 -.
- Although the paceman captured 11 wickets in the first two Tests, Pakistan was whitewashed 3-0 in the series.
- This record allowed New Zealand to win the Tri-Nations, retain the Bledisloe Cup, whitewash the British and Irish Lions, and gain their ‘Grand Slam’.
- And what about his Yankees, whitewashed by a wild-card team that won only 19 of its final 50 games in the regular season?

单词	whitewash
释义	Definition of whitewash in English: whitewash noun ˈwʌɪtwɒʃ 1mass noun A solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white. Example sentencesExamples The morning the debate on Hutton was held, demonstrators dressed as judges threw whitewash at the gates of Blair's Number 10 Downing Street residence. The whitewash walls were in good repair but the roof was mossy and many of the tiles were cracked or askew. Wall paintings in particular, once so abundant, have succumbed to decay, destruction, or covering over with whitewash. Never mix insecticides in ordinary lime whitewash. Light spattered down the steps like whitewash off a sloppy painter's brush, but the splashes caught no one. In my own garden I have an old stone wall with remnants of whitewash that reflects the sunlight and heat in summer. Men dig the raw material in the mountains and transport it to their homes where women apply it to the house walls as whitewash. The saddlebags had been brought from the stables and rested on a wooden bench near the washstand, already patterned with chips of whitewash flaking from the walls. Casts of sports trophies, a toy train, a saw, a football and a cross are some of the items embedded in the work, all of them rendered fossil-like by the lime whitewash. But no amount of whitewash and tarmac can hide Georgian society's deeper malaise. But Monty didn't stop his whitewash at the front door. These wall paintings were executed sometime during the later sixteenth century and covered with whitewash (rather than sanded off) in the seventeenth century as tastes changed. A health education program is needed that explains the dangers of asbestos exposure and warns about the use of asbestos-containing soils for whitewash. Lime whitewashes are very alkaline and cause insecticides to become ineffective in controlling insects. Many of the buildings are faced with light-hued stone or stucco daubed with whitewash, the doors and window frames of some painted blue-the color for good luck. Chunks of whitewash were missing exposing the grey material underneath. The two main churches, the Nieuwe Kerk and the Oude Kerk, are serene oases of wood, brick and whitewash. Most Andalusian villages are white since whitewash covers the walls of the houses but only one itinerary in the region is called the Route of the White Villages. They were of an older stile, bricks and mortar peeping out from behind chipped whitewash. All his polychromes were thought to have been lost or defaced, until some of them were accidentally found just two years ago, hidden under whitewash and plaster, by a German film team making a documentary on the writer. 1.1in singular A deliberate attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about a person or organization in order to protect their reputation. the opposition called the report ‘a whitewash’ Example sentencesExamples Months later, in October 2002, the committee's Certain Maritime Incident report produced a whitewash. The University's first response to the allegations back in 2002, under the previous Vice Chancellor, was largely a whitewash relying on a report from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. In other words, the media report is a classic whitewash. The obituary was the usual nostalgic whitewash. But there was a growing backlash from supporters of the BBC who claimed Lord Hutton's report had been a whitewash. Both agree the report was essentially a whitewash. The ‘review’ is certain to be another whitewash. For starters, van Buitenen wants to make sure there is no whitewash of the corruption cases he exposed in 1999. ‘The families feel we are the victims of a whitewash and a cover-up in order to protect careers of certain individuals,’ he added. The president of Rats campaign group, Paul Dainton, welcomed the reports but said they were something of a whitewash. At the time, Elisse Hategan, a prominent defector from the Heritage Front, slammed the report as a whitewash. As the hearing opened, there was further evidence of a whitewash to protect more senior officers. We look forward to its conclusions, and trust that it will not be another socialist whitewash of the existing failed policy. Michelle thinks the report is a whitewash, and I haven't read it in enough detail to disagree. They were accused of a whitewash, and the voters expressed their contempt at the ballot box. Graham, Goss and Shelby all defended Snider, with Shelby declaring he is ‘not going to be associated with any whitewash.’ There are a lot of people saying this was a whitewash designed to protect them in an election year. This journalist unhesitatingly labels the report a whitewash. Those who brand the Butler report a whitewash are talking nonsense to further their own political ends. So this limpid, adorable film is also a tough, matter-of-fact portrait of the everyday, not a sentimental, redemptive whitewash. Synonyms cover-up, -gate, camouflage, disguise, mask, concealment, suppression, deception, false front, facade, veneer, pretext 2informal A victory by the same side in every game of a series. the Lions went downhill to a 4–0 whitewash Example sentencesExamples In the arena of real sport though, Michael Vaughan and the England boys cruised to a whitewash 3-0 series victory over New Zealand. The only better run is by West Indies, who won ten successive Tests against England in the course of consecutive series whitewashes in 1984 and 1985-86. Ronnie O'Sullivan admitted he had not scaled the heights against Alan McManus despite claiming a 6 - whitewash. With the Test series fast approaching, Fleming will be hoping for similar hands from the rest of his batsmen to prevent yet another whitewash at the hands of Pakistan. It was left to Vaughan and Andrew Strauss to calmly complete the victory by adding the 46 runs required to complete victory and keep England on course for a series whitewash. Roland Garros has not seen a player so dominant in a women's final since Steffi Graf's whitewash of Natalia Zvereva in 1988. At stake for them was avoiding a series whitewash and getting a record winning chase total. This followed earlier whitewashes of Heworth and Bootham, the other two teams in the league. However 28-year-old Duggleby had to work a little harder in the 6-0 whitewash of Northumberland when it took a last hole win to see off the challenge of Julie Ross. With the Frank Worrell Trophy in the bag, a series whitewash is looming large against a team that fielded only three frontline bowlers in Trinidad and has seemingly abandoned the art of wicket-taking. Zimbabwe won the third one-day international in succession against Bangladesh yesterday for a 3-0 whitewash in the series. Sri Lanka had their eyes on a series whitewash long before Marvan Atapattu called his players in with the Sri Lankan score on 375 for 7. Bubwith's Cliff Harrison and Jill Schofield were the top performers in both matches, including two whitewashes in their match against York, to end the night with 33 games. He was not a patch on the hitherto unsung Michael Kasprowicz, who bowled with fire, bounce and zest during Australia's 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka. Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath had predicted a 5 - whitewash before the first test. Even within the 3 - whitewash in Australia, there were glimpses after Perth that this Pakistan is not as ready to roll over as previous sides. Doherty had to produce a performance akin to his 8-0 session whitewash of John Higgins earlier in the tournament if he was to have a chance of achieving one of the greatest comebacks in Crucible history. Jack's, always near the top of the table, finished the season in third place after a 10-0 whitewash of Tippy's 2. South Africa avoided a series whitewash with a 65-run win over Australia in the rain affected final limited overs cricket international at Newlands here yesterday. But while the Springboks' stock has steadily risen since RWC'03, the Wallabies have been going in the opposite direction after suffering a Tri Nations whitewash for the first time. verb ˈwʌɪtwɒʃ [with object] 1usually as adjective whitewashedPaint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash. a suntrap surrounded by trees and whitewashed walls Example sentencesExamples The walls had been whitewashed once, but now they were quite filthy. The high ceiling and the upper walls were plastered and whitewashed, a brilliant white in the illumination from skylights. Instead it whitewashed the interior walls and invited passers-by to write messages on them with felt-tip pens. If the basket will be painted, pickled, whitewashed or glazed, do so prior to lining, and let it dry thoroughly. Even in smaller houses, plaster was applied to finish interior walls and then whitewashed, painted or easily covered with wallpaper. In Italy, minding a friend's house, we managed to flood it, and spent much of our stay whitewashing walls which looked as if they'd been stained with nicotine. The few other streets wandered pleasantly past whitewashed buildings, the door frames painted blue or green or purple or red. The Shakers initially whitewashed the plaster walls and painted the interior woodwork. Robert Dunne and Jonathan Carney were given €25 each for whitewashing an outside wall and painting a corridor. The residents were directed to whitewash houses, clean backyards and houses, fence wells and clean latrines twice a day, within 24 hours. The walls were whitewashed, sporting a band of azure as trim, and the floors were carpeted with a matching blue color. How dare the new owners cut down those old fruit trees, not whitewash the walls, and put in those ugly blue tiles! His walls had been whitewashed and so the whole place seemed clean and fresh. The walls should be whitewashed and all swept down and a few stones of lime slacked in every loose box and spread all over the shippon floor. Now, people also take care that they don't damage inscriptions, mainly during temple renovations and while whitewashing the temple walls. Worse still, the walls are whitewashed haphazardly; the windows have the slightest bit of lint on them, and the room's smaller than a handkerchief. In subsequent days he continued to paint and whitewash the farm buildings, contributing to a more prosperous appearance for the new farm as a whole and creating marital harmony in the bargain. When the show's over, this and the three other smaller wall works will be whitewashed. The spacious area was surrounded with lofty walls, whitewashed and cleansed thoroughly, topped with black curved tiles like a sort of roofing. The Americans whitewashed the walls to cover the burns, and it has since been called the White House. 1.1 Deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about (a person or organization) his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation Example sentencesExamples In other words, the problem was that the election process was so tainted that it feared its attempts to whitewash the poll would be rapidly exposed. The heroes are mostly whitewashed and predictable. Frohnmayer attempted to whitewash his hapless record; at least Alexander is more self-critical. His arrogance and attempts to whitewash the criminal activity of this government exacerbate the problem of terrorism and puts Australia at greater risk of retaliation. As Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch says, ‘Instead of whitewashing the facts, the Pentagon needs to come clean about the army's use of cluster munitions.’ He was deeply involved in the attempt to whitewash and cover up the My Lai massacre. The commission, despite its attempts to whitewash the government, was compelled to admit that slavery existed. They are the outcome of an attempt to whitewash the Romans in order to make the new covenant faith more acceptable to gentiles. It would be wrong, however, to whitewash him as the last of the old-school, voluntarily resigning statesmen. Recently, however, efforts have been made, not to whitewash James, but at least to take a more balanced look at his character. Retrospective media coverage has whitewashed King while ignoring how his messages are radical challenges to the status quo of today. Let's hope the bill is not merely an attempt to whitewash over people's fears about education in this increasingly difficult time. Granted, he does whitewash the bad guys to a point where a fine actor like Meat Loaf Aday is left with little to be play but straight evil guy next door. Both the government and opposition are now engaged in attempting to whitewash the military. Both inquiries are intended to whitewash this fact. Steve Friend told the Comet he believes local Tories are trying to turn the issue into a vote winner by whitewashing over the facts regarding the development. This too me seems to be a lame excuse and the article an attempt to whitewash the failings of the Congress government. Such frankness contrasts with a widespread tendency in the past in the U.S. press and among establishment-oriented writers to whitewash Western client regimes. In an effort to shore up his position the chief is attempting to enlist the support of the NAACP and other middle class religious and community organizations to whitewash the killings. Writers who whitewash the facts in order to present their side of a story don't do anyone any good, least of all their own followers. Synonyms cover up, sweep under the carpet, hush up, suppress, draw/pull a veil over, conceal, camouflage, keep secret, keep dark, cloak, screen, veil, obscure gloss over, deal rapidly with, downplay, make light of, soft-pedal, minimize, de-emphasize, treat as unimportant 2informal Defeat (an opponent) in every game of a series. Ireland were whitewashed 5-0 Example sentencesExamples Cheshire overpowered North Wales 13-5 at Vicars Cross after whitewashing them 6-0 in the foursomes. Swiss challengers Alinghi became the first European team to win the America's Cup after whitewashing Team New Zealand 5-0 in the best-of-nine series. Not all hope should be lost after your Eagles get whitewashed by the Patriots. Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has maintained that his team will not take West Indies lightly in spite of whitewashing them in the one-dayers. Elsewhere in Division Two, the Lothersdale ‘B’ stunned Embassy Ambassadors ‘C’ by whitewashing their hosts. Scarborough claimed the North Eastern Ladies League after whitewashing York in the title decider 99-64 to collect all ten points at stake. The Astros were shutout four times during this period and have been whitewashed a total of five times with Roger on the mound. The Kitwe giants whitewashed Chambishi 41-0 in an earlier fixture. After whitewashing Khan 9-0 in the first game, Quibell dropped the second in a tiebreaker and the third by a one-sided 9-2. Last summer, West Indies slumped to their first series defeat against England for 31 years and were then whitewashed 5-0 in Australia. New Zealand, who had been whitewashed in the three-match Test series by England, salvaged some pride by beating West Indies in the triangular one-day series final at Lord's. Only 72 hours after pouring six goals on Ecuador, Argentina was whitewashed by a stubborn Mexican defense, despite dominating play. And what about his Yankees, whitewashed by a wild-card team that won only 19 of its final 50 games in the regular season? Although the paceman captured 11 wickets in the first two Tests, Pakistan was whitewashed 3-0 in the series. This record allowed New Zealand to win the Tri-Nations, retain the Bledisloe Cup, whitewash the British and Irish Lions, and gain their ‘Grand Slam’. Our girls got off to a great start and threatened to whitewash their opponents in the first half. In the other fixture S&R Vikings put in a tremendous effort to whitewash Neata Glass Scorpions, taking the honours with 9 -. The third and final Test starts on January 2 and the South Africans will face an uphill struggle to prevent being whitewashed in the series, the source said. South Africa were in the process of being whitewashed by Australia anyway, but once the selection was made they rolled over to have their tummies tickled. They pulled off a magnificent triple by whitewashing Leeds Metropolitan University, Menwith Hill and Leeds 3-0. Derivatives whitewasher noun ˈwʌɪtwɒʃə Since the publication of photographs of abuse in the spring the administration's whitewashers have contended that the crimes were carried out by a few low-ranking reservists. Example sentencesExamples As aggravating as the BBC's linguistic whitewashers are, our own are just as bad or worse. This whitewasher is former Associate V.P. Academic Judith Osbourne. When that column was published in the September ‘99 issue of GUNS, a few of our readers wrote in and called me a whitewasher. In fact, in Old Church of Amsterdam, the artist seems to work rather insistently against the efforts of the whitewasher. Definition of whitewash in US English: whitewash noun 1A solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white. Example sentencesExamples Many of the buildings are faced with light-hued stone or stucco daubed with whitewash, the doors and window frames of some painted blue-the color for good luck. Casts of sports trophies, a toy train, a saw, a football and a cross are some of the items embedded in the work, all of them rendered fossil-like by the lime whitewash. The whitewash walls were in good repair but the roof was mossy and many of the tiles were cracked or askew. Wall paintings in particular, once so abundant, have succumbed to decay, destruction, or covering over with whitewash. But no amount of whitewash and tarmac can hide Georgian society's deeper malaise. A health education program is needed that explains the dangers of asbestos exposure and warns about the use of asbestos-containing soils for whitewash. Chunks of whitewash were missing exposing the grey material underneath. Lime whitewashes are very alkaline and cause insecticides to become ineffective in controlling insects. In my own garden I have an old stone wall with remnants of whitewash that reflects the sunlight and heat in summer. Light spattered down the steps like whitewash off a sloppy painter's brush, but the splashes caught no one. The two main churches, the Nieuwe Kerk and the Oude Kerk, are serene oases of wood, brick and whitewash. The saddlebags had been brought from the stables and rested on a wooden bench near the washstand, already patterned with chips of whitewash flaking from the walls. Men dig the raw material in the mountains and transport it to their homes where women apply it to the house walls as whitewash. Never mix insecticides in ordinary lime whitewash. All his polychromes were thought to have been lost or defaced, until some of them were accidentally found just two years ago, hidden under whitewash and plaster, by a German film team making a documentary on the writer. They were of an older stile, bricks and mortar peeping out from behind chipped whitewash. Most Andalusian villages are white since whitewash covers the walls of the houses but only one itinerary in the region is called the Route of the White Villages. These wall paintings were executed sometime during the later sixteenth century and covered with whitewash (rather than sanded off) in the seventeenth century as tastes changed. But Monty didn't stop his whitewash at the front door. The morning the debate on Hutton was held, demonstrators dressed as judges threw whitewash at the gates of Blair's Number 10 Downing Street residence. 1.1 A deliberate concealment of someone's mistakes or faults in order to clear their name. Example sentencesExamples They were accused of a whitewash, and the voters expressed their contempt at the ballot box. This journalist unhesitatingly labels the report a whitewash. So this limpid, adorable film is also a tough, matter-of-fact portrait of the everyday, not a sentimental, redemptive whitewash. The ‘review’ is certain to be another whitewash. Those who brand the Butler report a whitewash are talking nonsense to further their own political ends. Both agree the report was essentially a whitewash. But there was a growing backlash from supporters of the BBC who claimed Lord Hutton's report had been a whitewash. Michelle thinks the report is a whitewash, and I haven't read it in enough detail to disagree. Months later, in October 2002, the committee's Certain Maritime Incident report produced a whitewash. The University's first response to the allegations back in 2002, under the previous Vice Chancellor, was largely a whitewash relying on a report from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The president of Rats campaign group, Paul Dainton, welcomed the reports but said they were something of a whitewash. ‘The families feel we are the victims of a whitewash and a cover-up in order to protect careers of certain individuals,’ he added. Graham, Goss and Shelby all defended Snider, with Shelby declaring he is ‘not going to be associated with any whitewash.’ For starters, van Buitenen wants to make sure there is no whitewash of the corruption cases he exposed in 1999. We look forward to its conclusions, and trust that it will not be another socialist whitewash of the existing failed policy. In other words, the media report is a classic whitewash. The obituary was the usual nostalgic whitewash. At the time, Elisse Hategan, a prominent defector from the Heritage Front, slammed the report as a whitewash. As the hearing opened, there was further evidence of a whitewash to protect more senior officers. There are a lot of people saying this was a whitewash designed to protect them in an election year. Synonyms cover-up, -gate, camouflage, disguise, mask, concealment, suppression, deception, false front, facade, veneer, pretext 2informal A victory in a game in which the loser scores no points. Example sentencesExamples Ronnie O'Sullivan admitted he had not scaled the heights against Alan McManus despite claiming a 6 - whitewash. Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath had predicted a 5 - whitewash before the first test. Even within the 3 - whitewash in Australia, there were glimpses after Perth that this Pakistan is not as ready to roll over as previous sides. Doherty had to produce a performance akin to his 8-0 session whitewash of John Higgins earlier in the tournament if he was to have a chance of achieving one of the greatest comebacks in Crucible history. In the arena of real sport though, Michael Vaughan and the England boys cruised to a whitewash 3-0 series victory over New Zealand. Roland Garros has not seen a player so dominant in a women's final since Steffi Graf's whitewash of Natalia Zvereva in 1988. With the Test series fast approaching, Fleming will be hoping for similar hands from the rest of his batsmen to prevent yet another whitewash at the hands of Pakistan. At stake for them was avoiding a series whitewash and getting a record winning chase total. He was not a patch on the hitherto unsung Michael Kasprowicz, who bowled with fire, bounce and zest during Australia's 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka. It was left to Vaughan and Andrew Strauss to calmly complete the victory by adding the 46 runs required to complete victory and keep England on course for a series whitewash. With the Frank Worrell Trophy in the bag, a series whitewash is looming large against a team that fielded only three frontline bowlers in Trinidad and has seemingly abandoned the art of wicket-taking. The only better run is by West Indies, who won ten successive Tests against England in the course of consecutive series whitewashes in 1984 and 1985-86. South Africa avoided a series whitewash with a 65-run win over Australia in the rain affected final limited overs cricket international at Newlands here yesterday. Bubwith's Cliff Harrison and Jill Schofield were the top performers in both matches, including two whitewashes in their match against York, to end the night with 33 games. Zimbabwe won the third one-day international in succession against Bangladesh yesterday for a 3-0 whitewash in the series. However 28-year-old Duggleby had to work a little harder in the 6-0 whitewash of Northumberland when it took a last hole win to see off the challenge of Julie Ross. Jack's, always near the top of the table, finished the season in third place after a 10-0 whitewash of Tippy's 2. This followed earlier whitewashes of Heworth and Bootham, the other two teams in the league. But while the Springboks' stock has steadily risen since RWC'03, the Wallabies have been going in the opposite direction after suffering a Tri Nations whitewash for the first time. Sri Lanka had their eyes on a series whitewash long before Marvan Atapattu called his players in with the Sri Lankan score on 375 for 7. verb [with object] 1usually as adjective whitewashedPaint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash. Example sentencesExamples The walls had been whitewashed once, but now they were quite filthy. In Italy, minding a friend's house, we managed to flood it, and spent much of our stay whitewashing walls which looked as if they'd been stained with nicotine. The walls should be whitewashed and all swept down and a few stones of lime slacked in every loose box and spread all over the shippon floor. Now, people also take care that they don't damage inscriptions, mainly during temple renovations and while whitewashing the temple walls. Robert Dunne and Jonathan Carney were given €25 each for whitewashing an outside wall and painting a corridor. Instead it whitewashed the interior walls and invited passers-by to write messages on them with felt-tip pens. The high ceiling and the upper walls were plastered and whitewashed, a brilliant white in the illumination from skylights. The Americans whitewashed the walls to cover the burns, and it has since been called the White House. The walls were whitewashed, sporting a band of azure as trim, and the floors were carpeted with a matching blue color. Even in smaller houses, plaster was applied to finish interior walls and then whitewashed, painted or easily covered with wallpaper. His walls had been whitewashed and so the whole place seemed clean and fresh. If the basket will be painted, pickled, whitewashed or glazed, do so prior to lining, and let it dry thoroughly. How dare the new owners cut down those old fruit trees, not whitewash the walls, and put in those ugly blue tiles! The residents were directed to whitewash houses, clean backyards and houses, fence wells and clean latrines twice a day, within 24 hours. When the show's over, this and the three other smaller wall works will be whitewashed. The spacious area was surrounded with lofty walls, whitewashed and cleansed thoroughly, topped with black curved tiles like a sort of roofing. In subsequent days he continued to paint and whitewash the farm buildings, contributing to a more prosperous appearance for the new farm as a whole and creating marital harmony in the bargain. The Shakers initially whitewashed the plaster walls and painted the interior woodwork. Worse still, the walls are whitewashed haphazardly; the windows have the slightest bit of lint on them, and the room's smaller than a handkerchief. The few other streets wandered pleasantly past whitewashed buildings, the door frames painted blue or green or purple or red. 1.1 Deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant facts about (a person or organization) his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation Example sentencesExamples In an effort to shore up his position the chief is attempting to enlist the support of the NAACP and other middle class religious and community organizations to whitewash the killings. His arrogance and attempts to whitewash the criminal activity of this government exacerbate the problem of terrorism and puts Australia at greater risk of retaliation. Both the government and opposition are now engaged in attempting to whitewash the military. They are the outcome of an attempt to whitewash the Romans in order to make the new covenant faith more acceptable to gentiles. Recently, however, efforts have been made, not to whitewash James, but at least to take a more balanced look at his character. Let's hope the bill is not merely an attempt to whitewash over people's fears about education in this increasingly difficult time. Writers who whitewash the facts in order to present their side of a story don't do anyone any good, least of all their own followers. In other words, the problem was that the election process was so tainted that it feared its attempts to whitewash the poll would be rapidly exposed. Both inquiries are intended to whitewash this fact. Steve Friend told the Comet he believes local Tories are trying to turn the issue into a vote winner by whitewashing over the facts regarding the development. As Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch says, ‘Instead of whitewashing the facts, the Pentagon needs to come clean about the army's use of cluster munitions.’ This too me seems to be a lame excuse and the article an attempt to whitewash the failings of the Congress government. Such frankness contrasts with a widespread tendency in the past in the U.S. press and among establishment-oriented writers to whitewash Western client regimes. He was deeply involved in the attempt to whitewash and cover up the My Lai massacre. Retrospective media coverage has whitewashed King while ignoring how his messages are radical challenges to the status quo of today. The heroes are mostly whitewashed and predictable. Granted, he does whitewash the bad guys to a point where a fine actor like Meat Loaf Aday is left with little to be play but straight evil guy next door. It would be wrong, however, to whitewash him as the last of the old-school, voluntarily resigning statesmen. The commission, despite its attempts to whitewash the government, was compelled to admit that slavery existed. Frohnmayer attempted to whitewash his hapless record; at least Alexander is more self-critical. Synonyms cover up, sweep under the carpet, hush up, suppress, draw a veil over, pull a veil over, conceal, camouflage, keep secret, keep dark, cloak, screen, veil, obscure 2informal Defeat (an opponent), keeping them from scoring. Example sentencesExamples Swiss challengers Alinghi became the first European team to win the America's Cup after whitewashing Team New Zealand 5-0 in the best-of-nine series. New Zealand, who had been whitewashed in the three-match Test series by England, salvaged some pride by beating West Indies in the triangular one-day series final at Lord's. The Kitwe giants whitewashed Chambishi 41-0 in an earlier fixture. Cheshire overpowered North Wales 13-5 at Vicars Cross after whitewashing them 6-0 in the foursomes. The third and final Test starts on January 2 and the South Africans will face an uphill struggle to prevent being whitewashed in the series, the source said. Only 72 hours after pouring six goals on Ecuador, Argentina was whitewashed by a stubborn Mexican defense, despite dominating play. South Africa were in the process of being whitewashed by Australia anyway, but once the selection was made they rolled over to have their tummies tickled. Last summer, West Indies slumped to their first series defeat against England for 31 years and were then whitewashed 5-0 in Australia. Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has maintained that his team will not take West Indies lightly in spite of whitewashing them in the one-dayers. After whitewashing Khan 9-0 in the first game, Quibell dropped the second in a tiebreaker and the third by a one-sided 9-2. Elsewhere in Division Two, the Lothersdale ‘B’ stunned Embassy Ambassadors ‘C’ by whitewashing their hosts. Not all hope should be lost after your Eagles get whitewashed by the Patriots. They pulled off a magnificent triple by whitewashing Leeds Metropolitan University, Menwith Hill and Leeds 3-0. Scarborough claimed the North Eastern Ladies League after whitewashing York in the title decider 99-64 to collect all ten points at stake. Our girls got off to a great start and threatened to whitewash their opponents in the first half. The Astros were shutout four times during this period and have been whitewashed a total of five times with Roger on the mound. In the other fixture S&R Vikings put in a tremendous effort to whitewash Neata Glass Scorpions, taking the honours with 9 -. Although the paceman captured 11 wickets in the first two Tests, Pakistan was whitewashed 3-0 in the series. This record allowed New Zealand to win the Tri-Nations, retain the Bledisloe Cup, whitewash the British and Irish Lions, and gain their ‘Grand Slam’. And what about his Yankees, whitewashed by a wild-card team that won only 19 of its final 50 games in the regular season?
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