whiting

as inpalliate
as inwhiten
as inwhitewash
as ingloss

Synonyms for whiting

verb gloss over; cover up

Antonyms for whiting

Word Origin & History

Old English hwit, from Proto-Germanic *khwitaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian hwit, Old Norse hvitr, Dutch wit, Old High German hwiz, German weiß, Gothic hveits), from PIE *kwintos/*kwindos "bright" (cf. Sanskrit svetah "white;" Old Church Slavonic sviteti "to shine," svetu "light;" Lithuanian sviesti "to shine," svaityti "to brighten").

As a surname, originally with reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in English, being well-established before the Conquest. Meaning "morally pure" was in Old English. Association with royalist causes is late 18c. Slang sense of "honorable, fair" is 1877, American English. The racial sense (adj.) of "of those races (chiefly European or of European extraction) characterized by light complexion" is first recorded c.1600. The noun in this sense ("white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion") is from 1670s. White supremacy attested from 1902; white flight is from 1967.

White heat "state of intense or extreme emotion" first recorded 1839. White lie is attested from 1741. White Christmas is attested from 1857. White House at the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river rapids" is recorded from 1580s. White Russian "language of Byelorussia" is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c.1978. White-collar as an adjective is from 1921; white-collar crime attested by 1964 (there is a white-collar criminaloids from 1934). Astronomical white dwarf is from 1924.

Example Sentences forwhiting

She succeeded in making all of the Whiting family her very devoted friends.

With this explanation she introduced Eileen to Mrs. Whiting.

The whitest meat is not the most juicy, having been made so by frequent bleeding, and giving the calf some whiting to lick.

Capt. Benjamin Ashby says that they feed on mackerel, herring, whiting, and menhaden.

Could Dr. Whiting actually decrease his size and become a dwarf?

They went back to Dr. Whiting who was chained across the anvil.

I have an order from General Whiting authorizing me to impress horses.

A whiting or a cutlet—that was all the cooking there was to be done.

A name in the Scottish isles for the Morhua barbata, or whiting pout.

The predominating colour may be mixed with the whiting, etc..