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Dictionary English → German: whitewash

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edit	NOUN	a whitewash \| whitewashes
edit	VERB	to whitewash \| whitewashed \| whitewashed ... whitewashing \| whitewashes
	SYNO	to gloss over \| to hush up ...
	to gloss over \| to hush up \| to sleek over \| to whitewash © Princeton University

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to whitewash

255

beschönigen

to whitewash [fig.]

131

schönreden [beschönigen]

to whitewash

übertünchen

to whitewash

tünchen

to whitewash [fig.]

schönfärben

to whitewash sth.

etw.^Akk. reinwaschen [alt]

to whitewash

weißeln [südd.] [österr.] [schweiz.]

to whitewash

to whitewash

to whitewash

to whitewash

to whitewash

schlämmen [mit Sumpfkalk]

to whitewash

Fehler verdecken

to whitewash

weiß übermalen

to whitewash

mit Tünche überstreichen

to whitewash

unangenehme Tatsachen verstecken

to whitewash sb.

jds. Ruf wiederherstellen

to whitewash sb.

jdm. einen Persilschein ausstellen

to whitewash sb. [pej.] [exonerate]

jdn. reinwaschen

to whitewash sb. [pej.] [exonerate]

jdn. rein waschen [alt]

to whitewash sth.

etw. als makellos darstellen

to whitewash sth.

sich^Akk. aus etw.^Dat. herausreden

to whitewash sth. [to paint an object white; NOT the figurative meaning: to gloss over sth."]

etw. weißtünchen

to whitewash sth. [to paint an object white; NOT to gloss over sth.]

etw. weiß tünchen

Nouns

whitewash [fig.]

Ausrede {f}

whitewash

Tünche {f}

whitewash [fig.]

Schönfärberei {f} [fig.]

whitewash [fig.]

Beschönigung {f}

constr. whitewash

Kalkmilch {f} [Kalkfarbe]

whitewash

Reinwäsche {f}

2 Words: Verbs

to whitewash graffiti

Schmierereien übertünchen

to whitewash sb.'s reputation

jds. Ruf reinwaschen

2 Words: Nouns

attempted whitewash

versuchte Beschönigung {f}

tech. whitewash blasting [a surface finishing technique]

Schlämmstrahlen {n}

whitewash effect

Beschönigungswirkung {f}

whitewash job

Beschönigungsaufgabe {f}

constr. whitewash paint

Kalkfarbe {f}

3 Words: Verbs

to cover in whitewash

übertünchen

to permit a whitewash

eine Beschönigung zulassen

to whitewash a mistake

einen Fehler übertünchen

to whitewash a problem

ein Problem beschönigen

to whitewash a story

eine Geschichte beschönigen

to whitewash an affair

eine Affäre beschönigen

to whitewash an intrigue

eine Intrige überdecken

to whitewash an issue

eine Angelegenheit beschönigen

to whitewash the defeat

die Niederlage beschönigen

to whitewash the facts

die Tatsachen beschönigen

to whitewash the situation

die Situation beschönigen

to whitewash weak points

Schwachstellen verdecken

4 Words: Others

I don't whitewash anything!

Ich beschönige nichts!

4 Words: Verbs

to whitewash the actual results

die tatsächlichen Ergebnisse beschönigen

idiom to whitewash the balance account

die Bilanz schönen

5+ Words: Verbs

to call a report a whitewash

einen Bericht als eine Beschönigung bezeichnen

to whitewash the misery of the poor

das Elend der Armen beschönigen

5+ Words: Nouns

a new coat of whitewash

ein neuer Anstrich {m}

Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)

mycol. T

elder whitewash [Xylodon sambuci, syn.: Hyphodontia sambuci, Hyphoderma sambuci, Lyomyces sambuci, Rogersella sambuci, Corticium sambuci]

Holunder-Rindenpilz {m}

mycol. T

elder whitewash [Xylodon sambuci, syn.: Hyphodontia sambuci, Hyphoderma sambuci, Lyomyces sambuci, Rogersella sambuci, Corticium sambuci]

Weißer Holunderrindenpilz {m}

bot. T

whitewash cornflower [Centaurea dealbata]

Zweifarbige Flockenblume {f}

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