(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If a wall or building has been ~ed, it has been painted white with ~.
The walls had been ~ed.
...a town of picturesque ~ed cottages.
VERB: be V-ed, V-ed
3.
If you say that people ~ something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.
The administration is ~ing the regime’s actions...
= cover up
VERB: V n disapproval
4.
Whitewash is an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.
He pledged that there would be no ~ and that the police would carry out a full investigation...
N-UNCOUNT: also a N disapproval