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WHITE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "white out" is one way to...):
widen (make wider)
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cover up with a liquid correction fluid
Example:
white-out the typo
Synonyms:
white out; whiteout
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "white out" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something