whitewashing in English

noun
1
a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.
The saddlebags had been brought from the stables and rested on a wooden bench near the washstand, already patterned with chips of whitewash flaking from the walls.
2
a victory in a game in which the loser scores no points.
The only better run is by West Indies, who won ten successive Tests against England in the course of consecutive series whitewashes in 1984 and 1985-86.
synonyms:walkoverroutlandslidepushovercinchbreeze
verb
1
paint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash.
Even in smaller houses, plaster was applied to finish interior walls and then whitewashed , painted or easily covered with wallpaper.
2
defeat (an opponent), keeping them from scoring.
Our girls got off to a great start and threatened to whitewash their opponents in the first half.
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1. With all her best efforts, she was whitewashing a sepulchre.

2. In the decades following Japan's defeat, Japan came under criticism from Korea and China for whitewashing the warmongering activities of Imperial Japan.

3. Old Fletcher, whose conceptions of holiday - making were severe, was visible through the jasmine about his window or through the open door ( whichever way you chose to look ), poised delicately on a plank supported on two chairs, and whitewashing the ceiling of his front room.