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white
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Meanings
adjective
  • of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black.
    E.g. a sheet of white paper
  • belonging to or denoting a human group having light-coloured skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction).
    E.g. a white farming community
  • counter-revolutionary or reactionary.
noun
  • white colour or pigment.
    E.g. garnet-red flowers flecked with white
  • the visible pale part of the eyeball around the iris.
  • the outer part (white when cooked) which surrounds the yolk of an egg; the albumen.
  • a member of a light-skinned people, especially one of European extraction.
  • a white or cream butterfly which has dark veins or spots on the wings and can be a serious crop pest.
verb
  • paint or turn (something) white.
    E.g. your passion hath whited your face

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