Idioms for white

    bleed white, Informal. to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources: Dishonesty is bleeding the union white.
    in the white, in an unfinished state or condition, as furniture wood that has not been stained or varnished.

Origin of white

before 900; Middle English whit(e), Old English hwīt; cognate with German weiss, Old Norse hvītr, Gothic hweits; akin to wheat

OTHER WORDS FROM white

half-white, adjective un·white, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for white out (1 of 4)

white out

verb (adverb)

(intr) to lose or lack daylight visibility owing to snow or fog
(tr) to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)
(tr) to delete (typewritten words or characters) with a white correcting fluid

noun whiteout

an atmospheric condition consisting of loss of visibility and sense of distance and direction due to a uniform whiteness of a heavy cloud cover and snow-covered ground, which reflects almost all the light it receives

British Dictionary definitions for white out (2 of 4)

White 1
/ (waɪt) /

noun

a person, esp one of European ancestry, from a human population having light pigmentation of the skin

adjective

denoting or relating to a White person or White people

British Dictionary definitions for white out (3 of 4)

White 2
/ (waɪt) /

noun

Gilbert. 1720–93, English clergyman and naturalist, noted for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789)
Jimmy. born 1962, English snooker player
Marco Pierre. born 1961, British chef and restaurateur
Patrick (Victor Martindale). 1912–90, Australian novelist: his works include Voss (1957), The Eye of the Storm (1973), and A Fringe of Leaves (1976): Nobel prize for literature 1973
T (erence) H (anbury). 1906–64, British novelist: author of the Arthurian sequence The Once and Future King (1939–58)
Willard (Wentworth) (ˈwɪlɑːd). born 1946, British operatic bass, born in Jamaica

British Dictionary definitions for white out (4 of 4)

white
/ (waɪt) /

adjective

noun

verb

(usually foll by out) to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)
obsolete to make or become white
See also white out, whites

Derived forms of white

whitely, adverb whiteness, noun whitish, adjective

Word Origin for white

Old English hwīt; related to Old Frisian hwīt, Old Saxon hwīt, Old Norse hvītr, Gothic hveits, Old High German hwīz (German weiss)

Idioms and Phrases with white out

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