āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
whitewash
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Whitewash
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āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ°āĻ, āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ
a type of water-based paint or coating made from a mixture of lime, water, and other additives that is used to brighten, disinfect, or decorate surfaces
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The walls were coated with whitewash to give the room a clean look.
āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛, āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨
an attempt to make something seem better or more innocent than it really is by hiding faults or wrongdoing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Critics called the movie a whitewash of the dictator's crimes.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
a contest in which one side wins while the other side does not achieve any points
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They were determined to avoid a whitewash in the championship final.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to whitewash
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āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to hide or downplay a mistake, wrongdoing, or flaw to make something seem better than it really is
Transitive: to whitewash sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They attempted to whitewash the scandal by blaming a minor employee.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻˇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻž
to apply a white, paint-like mixture to a surface, usually to make it look clean or new
Transitive: to whitewash sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The old barn was whitewashed to give it a brighter appearance.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
