English to English
adjective
- being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
As white as fresh snow.
A bride's white dress.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
Voting patterns within the white population.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a member of the Caucasoid race
source: WordNet 3.0
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
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- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
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- Australian writer (1912-1990)
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- United States political journalist (1915-1986)
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- United States architect (1853-1906)
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- United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
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- United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
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- a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
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- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
She separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs.
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- (board games) the lighter pieces
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- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
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- The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
In shining white armor.
source: WordNet 3.0
- marked by the presence of snow
A white Christmas.
The white hills of a northern winter.
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- restricted to whites only
Under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains.
A lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization.
source: WordNet 3.0
- glowing white with heat
White flames.
A white-hot center of the fire.
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- benevolent; without malicious intent
That's white of you.
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- (of a surface) not written or printed on
Blank pages.
Fill in the blank spaces.
A clean page.
Wide white margins.
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- (of coffee) having cream or milk added
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- (of hair) having lost its color
The white hairs of old age.
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- anemic looking from illness or emotion
A face turned ashen.
The invalid's blanched cheeks.
Tried to speak with bloodless lips.
A face livid with shock.
Lips...livid with the hue of death.
Lips white with terror.
A face white with rage.
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- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
White nights.
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verb
- turn white
This detergent will whiten your laundry.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [juáit] Maputî
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
noun
- [juáit-wash] Pangpaputî.
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
