Collins English-English Dictionary

white [waɪt]

1. 1. adj having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident light - Compare black

2. 2. adj (of light, such as sunlight) consisting of all the colours of the spectrum or produced by certain mixtures of three additive primary colours, such as red, green, and blue

3. 3. adj comparatively white or whitish-grey in colour or having parts of this colour

   white clover

4. 4. adj (of an animal) having pale-coloured or white skin, fur, or feathers

5. 5. adj bloodless or pale, as from pain, emotion, etc

6. 6. adj (of hair, a beard, etc) silvery or grey, usually from age

7. 7. adj benevolent or without malicious intent

   white magic

8. 8. adj colourless or transparent

   white glass

9. 9. adj capped with or accompanied by snow

   a white Christmas

10. 10. adj [sometimes capital] counterrevolutionary, very conservative, or royalist - Compare Red

11. 11. adj blank, as an unprinted area of a page

12. 12. adj (of wine) made from pale grapes or from black grapes separated from their skins

13. 13. adj (of coffee or tea) with milk or cream

14. 14. adj (of bread) made with white flour

15. 15. adj [Physics] having or characterized by a continuous distribution of energy, wavelength, or frequency

    white noise

16. 16. adj [Spoken] honourable or generous

17. 17. adj (of armour) made completely of iron or steel (esp in the phrase white harness)

18. 18. adj [rare] morally unblemished

19. 19. adj [rare] (of times, seasons, etc) auspicious; favourable

20. 20. adj [poetic or archaic] having a fair complexion; blond

21. 21. n a white colour

22. 22. n the condition or quality of being white; whiteness

23. 23. n the white or lightly coloured part or area of something

24. 24. n [anatomy] the white part (sclera) of the eyeball

25. 25. n any of various butterflies of the family Pieridae - See large white small white cabbage white

26. 26. n [chess] [draughts] a white or light-coloured piece or square

27. 27. n [usually capital] the player playing with such pieces

28. 28. n anything that has or is characterized by a white colour, such as a white paint or pigment, a white cloth, a white ball in billiards

29. 29. n an unprinted area of a page

30. 30. n [archery] the outer ring of the target, having the lowest score

31. 31. n a shot or arrow hitting this ring

32. 32. n [poetic] fairness of complexion

33. 33. vb [usually foll by out] to create or leave white spaces in (printed or other matter)

34. 34. vb [obsolete] to make or become white

35. 35. vb See also white out whites

36. 36. vb [Etymology] Old English hwit; related to Old Frisian hwit, Old Saxon hwit, Old Norse hvitr, Gothic hveits, Old High German hwiz (German weiss)