white
To make white; to whiten; to bleachTo make white; to whiten; to bleach.
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» That white building is a hospital.
Jenes weiße Gebäude ist ein Krankenhaus. — Dejo
То белое здание — больница. — sharptoothed
Та біла будівля — лікарня. — deniko
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1 sensesTo make white; to whiten; to bleach.
turn white
Examples
2107 sentencesThat white building is a hospital.
Та біла будівля — лікарня. — deniko
ruТо белое здание — больница. — sharptoothed
deJenes weiße Gebäude ist ein Krankenhaus. — Dejo
Dogs see in black and white.
У собак чорно-білий зір. — deniko
ruСобаки видят всё в чёрно-белом цвете. — krevedko
deHunde sehen alles in schwarz und weiß. — Sudajaengi
I prefer red wine to white.
Червоне вино мені подобається більше, ніж біле. — aandrusiak
ruЯ предпочитаю красное вино белому. — Inego
deIch bevorzuge Rotwein gegenüber Weißwein. — BraveSentry
Do you guys like white wine?
Вам подобається біле вино? — deniko
ruВы любите белое вино? — sharptoothed
I wore a white shirt yesterday.
Я вчора був у білій сорочці. — deniko
Origin
Inherited from Middle English whit, hwit, from Old English hwīt, from Proto-West GermanicInherited from Middle English whit, hwit, from Old English hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós, a byform of *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”).
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Forms
whites, whiting, whited, whitedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- turn white:whiten
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- black and white
- wearing a white
- white wine
- white shirt
- white dress
- have a white
- like white wine
- a white shirt
- white t shirt
- drink white wine
- a white christmas
- a white dress
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.