ALL meanings of white out
white out
W w - adjective white out 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 white out light or comparatively light in color. 1
- adjective white out (of human beings) belonging to a group marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, often of European descent. 1
- adjective white out for, limited to, or predominantly made up of white people: a white neighborhood. 1
- adjective white out pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage. 1
- adjective white out silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair. 1
- adjective white out snowy: a white Christmas. 1
- adjective white out lacking color; transparent. 1
- adjective white out (politically) ultraconservative. 1
- adjective white out blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below. 1
- adjective white out Armor. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering; alwite. 1
- adjective white out wearing white clothing: a white monk. 1
- adjective white out Older Use: Offensive. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's mighty white of you. 1
- adjective white out auspicious or fortunate. 1
- adjective white out morally pure; innocent. 1
- adjective white out without malice; harmless: white magic. 1
- adjective white out (of wines) light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red. 1
- adjective white out British. (of coffee) containing milk. 1
- noun white out 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 white out a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible. 1
- noun white out quality or state of being white. 1
- noun white out lightness of skin pigment. 1
- noun white out a person with light-colored skin, often of European descent. 1
- noun white out a white material or substance. 1
- noun white out the white part of something. 1
- noun white out Biology. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen. 1
- noun white out the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye. 1
- noun white out whites. white or nearly white clothing, as in tennis whites. top-grade white flour. 1
- noun white out white wine: Graves is a good white. 1
- noun white out a type or breed that is white in color. 1
- noun white out Usually, whites. a blank space in printing. 1
- noun white out (initial capital letter) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White. 1
- noun white out Entomology. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies. 1
- noun white out white fabric. 1
- noun white out 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 white out Chess, Checkers. the men or pieces that are light-colored. 1
- noun white out (often initial capital letter) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party. 1
- verb with object white out 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 white out Archaic. to make white; whiten. 1
- idioms white out bleed white, Informal. to be or cause to be deprived of all one's resources: Dishonesty is bleeding the union white. 1
- idioms white out in the white, in an unfinished state or condition, as furniture wood that has not been stained or varnished. 1
- verb white out to lose or lack daylight visibility owing to snow or fog 0
- verb white out to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter) 0
- verb white out to delete (typewritten words or characters) with a white correcting fluid 0
- noun white out 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 0
- noun white out a proprietary brand of white correcting fluid 0
- noun white out a quick-drying fluid, typically white, applied with a small brush to a piece of paper so as to cover typed or written errors and make a blank surface for corrections 0
- verb transitive white out to cover with this fluid 0