white (
http://definr.com/white)
adj 1: 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" [syn:
achromatic] [ant:
black]
2: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin
coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
[ant:
black]
3: (of wine) almost colorless; "white wines such as chardonnays
or rieslings"; "a white burgundy"; "white Italian wines"
[ant:
red]
4: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining
white armor"
5: marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the
white hills of a northern winter" [syn:
snowy]
6: 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" [syn:
lily-white]
7: glowing white with heat; "white flames"; a white-hot center
of the fire" [syn:
white-hot]
8: benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a
white lie"; "that's white of you"
9: of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages";
"fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white
margins" [syn:
blank,
clean]
10: (of coffee) having cream or milk added
11: dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
12: (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old
age" [syn:
whitened]
13: ash-colored or 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"- Mary W.
Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with
rage" [syn:
ashen,
blanched,
bloodless,
livid]
14: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely
sets; "white nights"
n 1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn:
White,
white person,
Caucasian]
2: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest
lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn:
whiteness]
[ant:
black]
3: Australian writer (1912-1990) [syn:
White,
Patrick White,
Patrick Victor Martindale White]
4: United States political journalist (1915-1986) [syn:
White,
T. H. White,
Theodore Harold White]
5: United States architect (1853-1906) [syn:
White, {Stanford
White}]
6: United States writer noted for his humorous essays
(1899-1985) [syn:
White,
E. B. White, {Elwyn Brooks
White}]
7: United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell)
founded Cornell University and served as its first
president (1832-1918) [syn:
White,
Andrew D. White, {Andrew
Dickson White}]
8: a tributary of the Mississippi River [syn:
White, {White
River}]
9: (chess or checkers) the lighter pieces
10: (usually in the plural) trousers [syn:
flannel,
gabardine,
tweed]
v : turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn:
whiten] [ant:
blacken]