White (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor".
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Meaning 2
(of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins".
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Meaning 3
(of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age".
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Meaning 4
Restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization".
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Meaning 6
Anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage".
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Meaning 7
Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress".
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Meaning 8
Glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire".
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Meaning 9
Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights".
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Meaning 10
Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population".
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Meaning 11
Marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter".
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Meaning 12
Benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you".
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Examples
- I've lent you my car before, that's white of you to return it washed and full of gas.
- It was white of her to offer her seat to the elderly woman on the crowded bus.
- You took the blame for what your friend did, that's white of you, man.
- It's white of the CEO to donate a portion of the company's profits to the local food bank.
- That's white of your neighbor to shovel your driveway without you even asking.