white
adj.
having a white color; lacking color or pigment (e.g. white wine, white hair, etc.); white-skinned, Caucasian; pure; having no print, blank; dressed in white; covered in or having snow; politically conservative
n.
color which has no hue, color of milk; something that is white in color (i.e. wine, game piece, etc.); white part of something (i.e of an egg, of a printed page, of the eye); person having pale skin, Caucasian
White
n.
family name
White
White-
White- (бело-), a prefix used by
Bolsheviks to designate their real and alleged enemies of all sorts, by analogy with the
White Army.White-Guardist ("белогвардеец"): a member of the "White Guard". The members of the
White movement never applied the term "White Guardist" to themselves. Also, White-Guardists were called simply "Whites" ('белые', 'беляки') by their opponents.White-emigrant (белоэмигрант): any citizen of the Tsarist
Russian Empire who left the country during the
Russian Revolution or the
Russian Civil War (
1917-
1922). White emigrants were perceived as a threat to the Soviet state, a source of
espionage and
counter-revolutionary plots.White-Pole (белополяк): a term that appeared during the
Polish-Soviet War, and later reemerged during the annexation of a part of
Poland in
World War II.White-Finn (белофинн): a term introduced during the unsuccessful attempt to initiate a revolution in
Finland in
1917-
1918, and reintroduced as part of the
propaganda related to the preparation of the
Winter War against Finland. the term continued to be in the subsequent use, e.g., in the context of the Karelian Uprising. White-Chinese (белокитаец): a term denoting
Chinese forces that fought together with the White Army in
Siberia and the
Russian Far East, as well as
anti-communist Chinese during the
Chinese Civil War.White-Czechs (белочехи): members of the
Czech Legion.White-Cossacks(белоказаки):
cossack military that fought against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War. These terms were supposed to distinguish, e.g., "good Poles" from "bad Poles", and usually bore a derogatory gist.
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White
Noun
1. a member of the Caucasoid race
(synonym) white person, Caucasian
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) Aryan
(member-holonym) White race, White people, Caucasoid race, Caucasian race
2. Australian writer (1912-1990)
(synonym) Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White
(hypernym) writer, author
3. United States political journalist (1915-1986)
(synonym) T. H. White, Theodore Harold White
(hypernym) journalist
4. United States architect (1853-1906)
(synonym) Stanford White
(hypernym) architect, designer
5. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
(synonym) E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White
(hypernym) writer, author
6. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
(synonym) Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White
(hypernym) educator, pedagogue
7. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
(synonym) White River
(hypernym) river
(part-holonym) Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR
white
Noun
1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
(synonym) whiteness
(antonym) black, blackness
(hypernym) achromatic color, achromatic colour
(hyponym) alabaster
(derivation) whiten
2. (board games) the lighter pieces
(antonym) black
(hypernym) man, piece
(classification) chess, chess game
3. (usually in the plural) trousers
(synonym) flannel, gabardine, tweed
(hypernym) trousers, pants
(classification) plural, plural form
Verb
1. turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
(synonym) whiten
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
(hyponym) bleach
(derivation) whiteness
Adjective
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"
(synonym) achromatic
(antonym) black, achromatic
(similar) albescent
(see-also) light, light-colored
(attribute) value
2. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
(synonym) caucasian
(antonym) black
(similar) caucasoid
3. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"
(similar) pure
4. marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
(synonym) snowy
(similar) covered
5. 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
(similar) segregated, unintegrated
6. glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
(synonym) white-hot
(similar) hot
7. benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"
(similar) good
8. of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
(synonym) blank, clean
(similar) empty
9. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
(similar) diluted, dilute
10. dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
(similar) clothed, clad
11. (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
(synonym) whitened
(similar) colorless, colourless
12. 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"
(synonym) ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid
(similar) colorless, colourless
13. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
(similar) light
White
n.
White, family name
White
(v. t.)
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
(superl.)
Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
(superl.)
Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
(superl.)
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
(superl.)
Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
(superl.)
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
(superl.)
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
(n.)
The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(n.)
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
(n.)
Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
(n.)
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
(n.)
A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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