whitewash

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
• Hypernyms:
defeat, licking
2. wash consisting of lime and size in water;
used for whitening walls and other surfaces
• Hypernyms:
wash
3. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
• Hypernyms:
clearing

II - verb

1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
- She tried to gloss over her mistakes
• Syn:
gloss over, sleek over, hush up
• Hypernyms:
cover, cover up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. cover with whitewash
- whitewash walls
• Hypernyms:
wash
• Hyponyms:
calcimine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
• Hypernyms:
acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gloss over, sleek over, hush up