vverb.perceptioncover up a misdemeanor, fault, or errorSynset:gloss over hush up sleek over whitewash
Examples:- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
- She tried to gloss over her mistakes
Derivationally Related Form:whitewash
Hypernyms:cover cover up
Inherited Hypernyms:whitewashcoverhide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.contactcover with whitewashDerivationally Related Form:whitewash
Hypernyms:wash
Inherited Hypernyms:whitewashwashcover
Direct Hyponyms:calcimine
Full Troponyms:calcimine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationexonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of dataDerivationally Related Form:whitewash
Hypernyms:acquit assoil clear discharge exculpate exonerate
Inherited Hypernyms:whitewashacquitpronouncedeclareevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
adj satadj.allcoated with whitewashExamples:- miles of whitewashed fences
Antonyms:unpainted
Inherited Hypernyms:whitewashed
Similar to:painted