white
/waɪt/
adjective
- Having the color of snow, milk, or paper.
- A white cloud floated across the blue sky.
- The walls of the room were painted a clean white.
- She wore a beautiful white dress to the wedding.
- Belonging to a racial group with light skin, typically of European origin.
- Many white settlers moved west during the 1800s.
- She is proud of her white heritage.
- The census asks people to identify as white, Black, Asian, or other.
- Pale or colorless, often because of illness or fear.
- The patient's lips were white from lack of blood.
- His face turned white when he heard the bad news.
- She was white with shock after the accident.
- Morally pure or innocent.
- In many cultures, white is a symbol of purity.
- The hero in the story had a white heart and good intentions.
- She tried to paint herself as white as snow, but everyone knew the truth.
noun
- The color white.
- She decorated the room in white and beige.
- White is my favorite color because it goes with everything.
- The artist mixed black and white to create gray.
- A person with light-colored skin, typically of European origin.
- In the study, whites reported higher income on average.
- The school has students of many backgrounds, including whites and Asians.
- He was the only white in the group.
- The white part of an egg (the albumen).
- Separate the egg white from the yolk carefully.
- She used only the whites to make a low-fat omelet.
- Whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
- The white part of the eyeball (the sclera).
- The doctor checked the whites of her eyes for signs of jaundice.
- She could see the whites of his eyes from across the room.
- His eyes were bloodshot, with red lines across the whites.
verb
- To make something white, especially by painting or bleaching.
- They decided to white the fence before summer.
- She whitened her teeth with a special toothpaste.
- The old barn was whitened with a fresh coat of paint.