1. a white liquid mixture used for painting walls, fences, etc.
2. an attempt to hide the truth about something bad or embarrassing

1. to paint something with whitewash
2. to deliberately hide or cover up mistakes, crimes, or other bad things

Examples

• The old barn needed a fresh coat of whitewash.
• They whitewashed the fence every spring.
• The committee tried to whitewash the scandal.
• Critics called the report a whitewash of the company’s failures.
• She whitewashed the garden wall to make it look brighter.
• The investigation was accused of being a whitewash.
• We spent the morning whitewashing the chicken coop.