White - Meaning in Sanskrit

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White - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of White in English

white adjective

1. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied

   Synonyms

   white, white

   Example

   • "in shining white armor"
2. benevolent; without malicious intent

   Synonyms

   white, white

   Example

   • "that's white of you"
3. (of a surface) not written or printed on

   Synonyms

   blank, blank, clean, white, white

   Examples

   • "a clean page"
   • "blank pages"
   • "fill in the blank spaces"
   • "wide white margins"
4. (of coffee) having cream or milk added

   Synonyms

   white, white

5. (of hair) having lost its color

   Synonyms

   white, white, whitened

   Example

   • "the white hairs of old age"
6. anemic looking from illness or emotion

   Synonyms

   ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white, white

   Examples

   • "a face livid with shock"
   • "a face turned ashen"
   • "a face white with rage"
   • "lips white with terror"
   • "lips...livid with the hue of death"
   • "the invalid's blanched cheeks"
   • "tried to speak with bloodless lips"
7. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

   Synonyms

   white, white

   Examples

   • "a bride's white dress"
   • "as white as fresh snow"
8. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets

   Synonyms

   white, white

   Example

   • "white nights"
9. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration

   Synonyms

   white, white

   Example

   • "voting patterns within the white population"
10. glowing white with heat

    Synonyms

    white-hot, white, white

    Examples

    • "a white-hot center of the fire"
    • "white flames"
11. restricted to whites only

    Synonyms

    lily-white, lily-white, white, white

    Examples

    • "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
    • "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"
12. marked by the presence of snow

    Synonyms

    snowy, white, white

    Examples

    • "a white Christmas"
    • "the white hills of a northern winter"

White noun

1. Australian writer (1912-1990)

   Synonyms

   Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White

2. 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)

   Synonyms

   Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White

3. United States political journalist (1915-1986)

   Synonyms

   T. H. White, Theodore Harold White

4. United States architect (1853-1906)

   Synonyms

   Stanford White

5. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

   Synonyms

   E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White

6. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

   Synonyms

   Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White

7. a Caucasian

   Synonyms

   Caucasian, Caucasian, White person, White person

8. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

   Synonyms

   White River

white noun

1. (board games) the lighter pieces

   Synonyms

   white, white

2. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

   Synonyms

   albumen, egg white, ovalbumin, white, white

   Example

   • "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"
3. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

   Synonyms

   white, white, whiteness

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

   Synonyms

   flannel, gabardine, tweed, tweed, white, white

white verb

1. turn white

   Synonyms

   white, white, whiten

   Example

   • "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

Synonyms of White

• flannel, gabardine, tweed
• whiteness
• albumen, egg white, ovalbumin
• white river
• caucasian, white person
• andrew d. white, andrew dickson white
• e. b. white, elwyn brooks white
• stanford white
• t. h. white, theodore harold white
• patrick victor martindale white, patrick white
• edward d. white, edward douglas white jr., edward white
• whiten
• ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid
• whitened
• blank, clean
• white-hot
• lily-white
• snowy

Antonyms of White

black, blackness, inkiness

Description

White is the lightest color and is achromatic. It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide.

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