whitewash

1. (uncountable)A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.

   Near-synonym: limewash (often coinstantial)

   Tünche

   известко́вый раство́рizvestkóvyj rastvór, побе́лкаpobélka

   wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also (often politics), an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.

   reinwaschen, schönfärben

   покрывательствоpokryvatelʹstvo

3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)An act of clearing a person's debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court.

4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep; also, a victory or series of victories by a very large margin.

   Zu-null-Sieg

5. (uncountable)The most basic type of thickening agent, consisting of flour blended with water to make a paste.

6. (countable, historical)A preparation for making the skin look lighter.

7. (countable, obsolete)Any of several medicinal preparations for treating skin diseases consisting of a mixture of a metallic compound (such as one of lead, sulfur, or zinc) and water.

8. (obsolete, slang, uncountable)White wine, especially Madeira or sherry, drunk after dinner or after taking claret and port; (countable) a glass of such wine.

1. The politician tried to whitewash the poor job he did dealing with the coronavirus.

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2. With dramatic suddenness he struck a match, and by its light exposed a stain of blood upon the whitewashed wall.

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