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Qué (quién) es Whitewash - definición
PAINT MADE FROM LIME AND CHALK
Lime wash; White-washed; Limewash; Calcimine; Kalsomine; Calsomine; White wash; Whitewashes; White washes; White-wash; Calcimines; Kalsomines; Calsomines; Lime paint
![White-painted trees in [[Turkey]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Campsite-Oludeniz.JPG?width=200 "White-painted trees in [[Turkey]]")
![''Whitewashing the Old House'', painting by [[L.A. Ring]]. From the [[National Gallery of Denmark]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalkemanden.jpg?width=200 "''Whitewashing the Old House'', painting by [[L.A. Ring]]. From the [[National Gallery of Denmark]]")
Whitewash
·vt To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
II. Whitewash ·noun Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
III. Whitewash ·noun A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, ·etc.; milk of lime.
IV. Whitewash ·vt To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts.
V. Whitewash ·add. ·vt In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that he fails to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to Skunk.
whitewash
(whitewashes, whitewashing, whitewashed)
1.
Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.
The walls had been whitewashed.
...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.
VERB: be V-ed, V-ed
3.
If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.
The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...
= cover up
VERB: V n [disapproval]
4.
Whitewash is an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.
He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation...
N-UNCOUNT: also a N [disapproval]
whitewash
¦ noun
1. a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.
2. a deliberate concealment of someone's mistakes or faults.
3. informal a victory by the same side in every game of a series.
¦ verb
1. paint with whitewash.
2. conceal (mistakes or faults).
3. informal defeat with a whitewash.
Derivatives
whitewashed adjective
whitewasher noun
Wikipedia
Whitewash
Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2) or chalk calcium carbonate, (CaCO3), sometimes known as "whiting". Various other additives are sometimes used.
Ejemplos de uso de Whitewash
1. "Obama‘s decision to close Guantanamo Bay is a mere whitewash.
2. Brown can attest, Pelosi‘s concerns about a whitewash proved unjustified.
3. It isn‘t the kiss, my friends; it‘s the whitewash.
4. Human rights groups criticised the review as a whitewash.
5. To prevent a naval whitewash, this should include independent representation.