ENGLISH: white - CREOLE: blan



Overview of noun white



The noun white has 12 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (10) White, white person, Caucasian -- (a member of the Caucasoid race)

2. (6) white, whiteness -- (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))

3. White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr. -- (United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921))

4. White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White -- (Australian writer (1912-1990))

5. White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White -- (United States political journalist (1915-1986))

6. White, Stanford White -- (United States architect (1853-1906))

7. White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White -- (United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985))

8. White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White -- (United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918))

9. White, White River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri)

10. egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin -- (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")

11. white -- ((board games) the lighter pieces)

12. flannel, gabardine, tweed, white -- ((usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth)



Overview of verb white



The verb white has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. whiten, white -- (turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry")



Overview of adj white



The adj white has 12 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (65) white -- (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")

2. (15) white -- (of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population")

3. white -- (free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor")

4. white, snowy -- (marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter")

5. white, lily-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")

6. white, white-hot -- (glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire")

7. white -- (benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you")

8. blank, clean, white -- ((of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins")

9. white -- ((of coffee) having cream or milk added)

10. white, whitened -- ((of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age")

11. ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white -- (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")

12. white -- (of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights")

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