White - English meaning

adjective

Made white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight.

Usage examples:

Permed and bleached hair

verb

Cause (a material such as cloth, paper, or hair) to become white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight.

Usage examples:

A new formula to bleach and brighten clothing

adjective

White-skinned; of european origin.

Usage examples:

Twenty of the therapists were caucasian, two were african american, and two were hispanic

noun

A white person; a person of european origin.

Usage examples:

A caucasian of slim build, 198 cm tall with short grey hair and a grey beard

noun

A white person

adjective

Consisting of or rich in chalk.

Usage examples:

Chalky soil

adjective

Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.

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Clear and precise directions

adverb

So as to be out of the way of or away from.

Usage examples:

He leapt clear of the car

verb

Remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from.

Usage examples:

The drive had been cleared of snow

adjective

(especially of a gas or liquid) without colour.

Usage examples:

A colourless liquid

adjective

Having no colour

Usage examples:

Water and glass are colourless., carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas., it is …

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of europe or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

Twentieth-century european art

noun

A native or inhabitant of europe.

Usage examples:

For example, both native americans and europeans used awls to produce clothing, bags, and leggings.

adjective

(a person) of or coming from europe

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.

Usage examples:

Grey flannel trousers

noun

Grey colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Dirty intermediate tones of grey

verb

(especially of hair) become grey with age.

Usage examples:

He had put on weight and greyed somewhat

adjective

Greyish white.

Usage examples:

Hoary cobwebs

adjective

Very old and familiar and therefore not interesting or funny

Usage examples:

He told a few hoary old jokes and nobody laughed.

noun

A hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (especially formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles.

Usage examples:

A dagger with an ivory handle

noun

The hard white substance of the tusks (= long teeth growing outside the mouth) of some animals, such as elephants

Usage examples:

An ivory statue

adjective

Containing or mixed with a large amount of milk.

Usage examples:

A cup of sweet milky coffee

adjective

Having the color or thickness of milk

Usage examples:

A milky white vase

adjective

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Usage examples:

Carrots contain a natural antiseptic

noun

A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity.

Usage examples:

She was a natural for television work

adverb

A person born with a learning disability.

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

noun

A precious shiny greyish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.

Usage examples:

Beryllium, calcium, silver and antimony have no appreciable effect on mechanical properties.

adjective

Made of or coloured like silver.

Usage examples:

A silver necklace

verb

Short for silver medal.

Usage examples:

She won three silvers

adjective

Like silver in colour or appearance; shiny and grey-white.

Usage examples:

Shoals of silvery fish

adjective

Like silver

Usage examples:

The grass was silvery with frost., we were woken early by the peal of silvery bells.

adjective

Covered with snow.

Usage examples:

Snowy mountains

adjective

Full of or like snow

Usage examples:

We've had a very snowy winter this year., i remember him as an old man with a snowy-white (= pure w…

adjective

(of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.

Usage examples:

Transparent blue water

adjective

(of a substance) allowing light through so that objects can be clearly seen through it

Usage examples:

Those transparent plastic boxes are called jewel boxes., the real reason for her leaving was so tra…

adjective

Transparent business and financial activities are done in an open way without secrets, so that people can trust that they are fair and honest

Usage examples:

The charter aims to make the national health service a more transparent and open public corporation…

adjective

(especially of fabric) not dyed; of its natural colour.

Usage examples:

Her head was wrapped in undyed linen, and the fine bones of her face spoke together with the fine l…

adjective

Natural, without the colour having been changed using a special liquid

Usage examples:

Like her undyed hair, there's something very honest and exposed about her music., she began a busin…

adjective

Having no pigmentation or colour.

Usage examples:

Unpigmented skin