white

1. white (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

Example: Write in black ink on white paper.

2. white (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.

3. white (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).

Example: […]more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field[…].

4. white (noun) — sense 4

Definition: The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

Example: Not only were the platforms tiled in white, the tunnels were painted white too - to prettify them, and make them less claustrophobic - and the Central proudly issued a postcard of its tunnel-whitening machine.

5. white (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A person of European descent with light-colored skin.

Example: The Indians carried first our canoes and then our stores through the brushwood, which is very thick at this point, while we four whites, our rifles on our shoulders, walked between them and any danger coming from the woods.

6. white (noun) — sense 6

Definition: Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.

Example: Several other beautiful butterflies rewarded my search in this place [...] The most abundant butterflies were the whites and yellows (Pieridae), several of which I had already found at Lombock and at Coupang, while others were new to me.

7. white (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

Example: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.