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Adjective whitewashed has 1 sense
  1. whitewashed - coated with whitewash; "miles of whitewashed fences"
    Antonym:     unpainted (indirect, via painted)
,Verb whitewash has 3 senses
  1. whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
    --1 is one way to cover, cover up
    Derived form: noun whitewash3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. whitewash - cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"
    --2 is one way to     wash
    Derived form: noun whitewash2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. whitewash - exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
    --3 is one way to     acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
    Derived form: noun whitewash3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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