whitewash
noun
/ˈwaɪt-/
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/ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/
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/ˈwɐɪt-/
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/ˈʍaɪtˌwɑʃ/
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/ˈʍɐɪt-/
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/ˈʍɐɪtˌwɑʃ/
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- (uncountable) A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.
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известко́вый раство́р,
побе́лка
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- A thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also (often, politics) , an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.
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покрывательство
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whitewasher
noun
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- One who, or that which, whitewashes.
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маляр
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whitewash
verb
/ˈwaɪt-/
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/ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/
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/ˈwɐɪt-/
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/ˈʍaɪtˌwɑʃ/
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/ˈʍɐɪt-/
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/ˈʍɐɪtˌwɑʃ/
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- (chiefly, literary, and, poetic, often, passive voice) To cover or coat (something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash (noun sense 1); also, to light up (something) with white light.
- To paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash (noun sense 1).
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бели́ть,
побели́ть
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- (often, politics) To hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts, wrongdoing, etc.).
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обели́ть
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whitewashing
noun
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- The application of whitewash.
- (pejorative) The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white (Caucasian), for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of non-whites in an event and focusing on only white participation.
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отбеливание
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