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According to WordNet, the adjective "white" has 12 sense(s).

301698231 marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter".

300406743 (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age".

300756638 (of coffee) having cream or milk added.

300243180 of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population".

300272950 of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights".

300404568 anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage".

301130932 benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you".

301250991 glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire".

300393105 being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress".

301327680 restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization".

301905235 free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor".

301087093 (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins".


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