Noun whiting has 6 senses
  1. whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
    --1 is a kind of
    saltwater fish
    --1 is a part of whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
  2. whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
    --2 is a kind of
    saltwater fish
    --2 is a part of whiting; silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, whiting
  3. whiting - a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
    --3 is a kind of
    percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
    --3 is a member of Sillago, genus Sillago
  4. whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
    --4 is a kind of
    sciaenid fish, sciaenid
    --4 is a member of Menticirrhus, genus Menticirrhus
    --4 has part: whiting
    --4 has particulars:
     kingfish; king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus; northern whiting, Menticirrhus saxatilis; corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus; silver whiting, Menticirrhus littoralis
  5. silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America
    --5 is a kind of hake
    --5 has parts: whiting
  6. whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
    --6 is a kind of gadoid, gadoid fish
    --6 is a member of Merlangus, genus Merlangus
    --6 has parts: whiting
,Verb white has 1 sense
  1. whiten, white - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
    --1 is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color
    Derived form: noun white2
    Sample sentences:
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    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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