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BLACKWASH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wash that colors a surface black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blackwash" is a kind of...):
wash (a thin coat of water-base paint)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
Synonyms:
black lotion; blackwash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blackwash" is a kind of...):
application; lotion (liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin)
Meronyms (substance of "blackwash"):
limewater (solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid)
calomel; mercurous chloride (a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
Synonyms:
assassination; blackwash; character assassination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("blackwash" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Color with blackwash
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "blackwash" is one way to...):
color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bring (information) out of concealment
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "blackwash" is one way to...):
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
