white

white
[[t](h)waɪt, waɪt[/t]]
adj. whit•er, whit•est,
1) of the color of pure snow; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light
2) light or comparatively light in color
3) pan marked by slight pigmentation of the skin
4) pan for, limited to, or predominantly made up of persons whose racial heritage is Caucasian:
a white neighborhood[/ex]
5) pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion
6) silvery; gray:
white hair[/ex]
7) snowy:
a white Christmas[/ex]
8) lacking color; transparent
9) gov politically conservative or reactionary
10) pri blank, as part of a page
11) her lustrously shiny:
a knight in white armor[/ex]
12) clo wearing white clothing:
a white monk[/ex]
13) auspicious; fortunate
14) morally pure; innocent
15) lacking malice; harmless:
white magic[/ex]
16) vin (of wine) light-colored or yellowish
17) opt phs a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black, that reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely
18) a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white
19) quality or state of being white
20) lightness of skin pigment
21) pan a person whose racial heritage is Caucasian
22) a white material or substance
23) the white part of something
24) biochem. a pellucid, viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen
25) anat. the white part of the eyeball
26) whites
a) clo white or nearly white clothing
b) top-grade white flour
27) vin white wine
28) a type or breed that is white in color
29) (cap.) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White
30) spo
a) the outermost ring of a target
b) an arrow that hits this portion of the target
c) the central part of the target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow
d) archaic a white target
31) chs the pieces in chess or checkers that are light-colored
32) gov (often cap.) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party
33) to make white; whiten
34) cvb white out
pri to cover (errors in copy) with a white correction fluid
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Etymology: bef. 900; ME whit(e), OE hwīt, c. OFris, OS hwīt, OHG (h)wīz, ON hvītr, Go hweits

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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