white
noun
1 White
2 white
The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black).
synonym: whiteness.
Roget 441:
vision,
sight,
optics,
eyesight.
view,
look,
espial†,
glance,
ken [Scot.],
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
glimpse,
glint,
peep;
gaze,
stare,
leer;
perlustration†,
contemplation;
conspection†,
conspectuity†;
regard,
survey;
introspection;
reconnaissance,
speculation,
watch,
espionage,
espionnage [Fr.],
autopsy;
ocular inspection,
ocular demonstration;
sight-seeing.
point of view;
gazebo,
loophole,
belvedere,
watchtower.
field of view;
theater,
amphitheater,
arena,
vista,
horizon;
commanding view,
bird's eye view;
periscope.
visual organ,
organ of vision;
eye;
naked eye,
unassisted eye;
retina,
pupil,
iris,
cornea,
white;
optics,
orbs;
saucer eyes,
goggle eyes,
gooseberry eyes.
short sight
etc.
443;
clear sight,
sharp sight,
quick sight,
eagle sight,
piercing sight,
penetrating sight,
clear glance,
sharp glance,
quick glance,
eagle glance,
piercing glance,
penetrating glance,
clear eye,
sharp eye,
quick eye,
eagle eye,
piercing eye,
penetrating eye;
perspicacity,
discernment;
catopsis†.
eagle,
hawk;
cat,
lynx;
Argus†.
evil eye;
basilisk,
cockatrice [Myth.].
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Dutch: witheid, blankheid, wit, zilver
Polish: białość, biel
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8 White
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918).
synonyms: Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White.
9 White
A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.
synonym: White River.
10 white
The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water:
— She separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs.
synonyms: albumen, egg white, ovalbumin.
Dutch: albumine, eiwit
Polish: białko
11 white
board games The lighter pieces.
12 white
usually in the plural Trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth.
synonyms: flannel, gabardine, tweed.
Dutch: gabardine
verb
1 white
Turn white:
— This detergent will whiten your laundry.
synonym: whiten.
Dutch: witten
adjective
1 white
Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light.
Polish: biały
2 white
Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration.
Polish: biały
3 white
Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied.
4 white
Marked by the presence of snow:
— A white Christmas.
— The white hills of a northern winter.
synonym: snowy.
Roget 430:
white;
milk-white,
snow-white;
snowy;
niveous†,
candid,
chalky;
hoar,
hoary;
silvery;
argent,
argentine;
canescent†,
cretaceous,
lactescent†.
whitish,
creamy,
pearly,
fair,
blond;
blanched
etc.
v.;
high in tone,
light.
white as a sheet,
white as driven snow,
white as a lily,
white as silver;
like ivory
etc.
n..
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Polish: śnieżysty, śnieżny
5 white
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.
synonym: lily-white.
6 white
Glowing white with heat:
— White flames.
— A white-hot center of the fire.
synonym: white-hot.
7 white
Benevolent; without malicious intent.
8 white
of a surface Not written or printed on:
— Wide white margins.
synonyms: blank, clean.
9 white
of coffee Having cream or milk added.
10 white
of hair Having lost its color:
— The white hairs of old age.
synonym: whitened.
Polish: siwy, posiwiały
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Anemic looking from illness or emotion:
— Lips white with terror.
— A face white with rage.
synonyms: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid.
Roget 429:
uncolored
etc.
(color)
etc.
428;
colorless,
achromatic,
aplanatic†;
etiolate,
etiolated;
hueless†,
pale,
pallid;
palefaced†,
tallow-faced;
faint,
dull,
cold,
muddy,
leaden,
dun,
wan,
sallow,
dead,
dingy,
ashy,
ashen,
ghastly,
cadaverous,
glassy,
lackluster;
discolored
etc.
v..
light-colored,
fair,
blond;
white
etc.
430.
pale as death,
pale as ashes,
pale as a witch,
pale as a ghost,
pale as a corpse,
white as a corpse.
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Polish: ziemisty
12 white
Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets.
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