white
adj 1: 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" [syn: {achromatic}] [ant: {black}]
2: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin
coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
[ant: {black}]
3: (of wine) almost colorless; "white wines such as chardonnays
or rieslings"; "a white burgundy"; "white Italian wines"
[ant: {red}]
4: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining
white armor"
5: marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the
white hills of a northern winter" [syn: {snowy}]
6: 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" [syn: {lily-white}]
7: glowing white with heat; "white flames"; a white-hot center
of the fire" [syn: {white-hot}]
8: benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a
white lie"; "that's white of you"
9: of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages";
"fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white
margins" [syn: {blank}, {clean}]
10: (of coffee) having cream or milk added
11: dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
12: (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old
age" [syn: {whitened}]
13: ash-colored or 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" [syn: {ashen}, {blanched}, {bloodless}, {livid}]
14: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely
sets; "white nights"
n 1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: {White}, {white person},
{Caucasian}]
2: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest
lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: {whiteness}]
[ant: {black}]
3: a tributary of the Mississippi River [syn: {White}, {White
River}]
4: (chess or checkers) the lighter-colored pieces
5: (usually in the plural) trousers [syn: {flannel}, {gabardine},
{tweed}]
v : turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn:
{whiten}] [ant: {blacken}]