• v.
    ⦿cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
    lexical concept
  • Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
  • She tried to gloss over her mistakes

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:gloss over
  2. enl:hush up
  3. enl:sleek over
  4. enl:whitewash
wn:interlingual indexili:i32495

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • gloss oversleek over
  • gloss overhush upsleek overwhitewash