1. Adjective form
Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
2. Adjective form
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
3. Adjective form
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
4. Adjective form
Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
5. Adjective form
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
6. Adjective form
Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
7. Noun
The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
8. Noun
Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
9. Noun
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
10. Noun
A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
11. Noun
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
12. Noun
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
13. Verb
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
14. Noun
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"
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