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English to English noun
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a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score |  | source: wordnet30
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wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces | | source: wordnet30
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a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects | | source: wordnet30
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Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair. | | source: webster1913 verb
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cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error | | Example: Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
She tried to gloss over her mistakes
source: wordnet30
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cover with whitewash | | Example: whitewash walls
source: wordnet30
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exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data | | source: wordnet30
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To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash. | | source: webster1913
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In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that he fails to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk. | | source: webster1913
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