ALL meanings of half-white
half-white
H h - adjective half-white of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light. 1
- adjective half-white light or comparatively light in color. 1
- adjective half-white (of human beings) belonging to a group marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, often of European descent. 1
- adjective half-white for, limited to, or predominantly made up of white people: a white neighborhood. 1
- adjective half-white pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage. 1
- adjective half-white silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair. 1
- adjective half-white snowy: a white Christmas. 1
- adjective half-white lacking color; transparent. 1
- adjective half-white (politically) ultraconservative. 1
- adjective half-white blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below. 1
- adjective half-white Armor. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering; alwite. 1
- adjective half-white wearing white clothing: a white monk. 1
- adjective half-white Older Use: Offensive. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's mighty white of you. 1
- adjective half-white auspicious or fortunate. 1
- adjective half-white morally pure; innocent. 1
- adjective half-white without malice; harmless: white magic. 1
- adjective half-white (of wines) light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red. 1
- adjective half-white British. (of coffee) containing milk. 1
- noun half-white a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color. Compare black (def 20). 1
- noun half-white a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible. 1
- noun half-white quality or state of being white. 1
- noun half-white lightness of skin pigment. 1
- noun half-white a person with light-colored skin, often of European descent. 1
- noun half-white a white material or substance. 1
- noun half-white the white part of something. 1
- noun half-white Biology. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen. 1
- noun half-white the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye. 1
- noun half-white whites. white or nearly white clothing, as in tennis whites. top-grade white flour. 1
- noun half-white white wine: Graves is a good white. 1
- noun half-white a type or breed that is white in color. 1
- noun half-white Usually, whites. a blank space in printing. 1
- noun half-white (initial capital letter) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White. 1
- noun half-white Entomology. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies. 1
- noun half-white white fabric. 1
- noun half-white Archery. the outermost ring of the butt. an arrow that hits this portion of the butt. the central part of the butt or target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow. Archaic. a target painted white. 1
- noun half-white Chess, Checkers. the men or pieces that are light-colored. 1
- noun half-white (often initial capital letter) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party. 1
- verb with object half-white Printing. to make white by leaving blank spaces (often followed by out). to whiten (areas of artwork) in retouching preparatory to photoengraving (often followed by out). 1
- verb with object half-white Archaic. to make white; whiten. 1
- idioms half-white bleed white, Informal. to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources: Dishonesty is bleeding the union white. 1
- idioms half-white in the white, in an unfinished state or condition, as furniture wood that has not been stained or varnished. 1