whitewash
കുമ്മായം
definition
verb
Even in smaller houses, plaster was applied to finish interior walls and then whitewashed , painted or easily covered with wallpaper.
paint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash.
Our girls got off to a great start and threatened to whitewash their opponents in the first half.
defeat (an opponent), keeping them from scoring.
noun
The saddlebags had been brought from the stables and rested on a wooden bench near the washstand, already patterned with chips of whitewash flaking from the walls.
a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.
The only better run is by West Indies, who won ten successive Tests against England in the course of consecutive series whitewashes in 1984 and 1985-86.
a victory in a game in which the loser scores no points.
example
He was not a patch on the hitherto unsung Michael Kasprowicz, who bowled with fire, bounce and zest during Australia's 3-0 'whitewash' of Sri Lanka.
Light spattered down the steps like 'whitewash' off a sloppy painter's brush, but the splashes caught no one.
There are a lot of people saying this was a 'whitewash' designed to protect them in an election year.
Sri Lanka had their eyes on a series 'whitewash' long before Marvan Atapattu called his players in with the Sri Lankan score on 375 for 7.
Ronnie O'Sullivan admitted he had not scaled the heights against Alan McManus despite claiming a 6 - 'whitewash' .
All his polychromes were thought to have been lost or defaced, until some of them were accidentally found just two years ago, hidden under 'whitewash' and plaster, by a German film team making a documentary on the writer.
His arrogance and attempts to 'whitewash' the criminal activity of this government exacerbate the problem of terrorism and puts Australia at greater risk of retaliation.
But there was a growing backlash from supporters of the BBC who claimed Lord Hutton's report had been a 'whitewash' .
Our girls got off to a great start and threatened to 'whitewash' their opponents in the first half.
In other words, the media report is a classic 'whitewash' .
Roland Garros has not seen a player so dominant in a women's final since Steffi Graf's 'whitewash' of Natalia Zvereva in 1988.
They were accused of a 'whitewash' , and the voters expressed their contempt at the ballot box.
Never mix insecticides in ordinary lime 'whitewash' .
‘The families feel we are the victims of a 'whitewash' and a cover-up in order to protect careers of certain individuals,’ he added.
In the other fixture S&R Vikings put in a tremendous effort to 'whitewash' Neata Glass Scorpions, taking the honours with 9 -.
South Africa avoided a series 'whitewash' with a 65-run win over Australia in the rain affected final limited overs cricket international at Newlands here yesterday.
Men dig the raw material in the mountains and transport it to their homes where women apply it to the house walls as 'whitewash' .
Such frankness contrasts with a widespread tendency in the past in the U.S. press and among establishment-oriented writers to 'whitewash' Western client regimes.
The 'whitewash' walls were in good repair but the roof was mossy and many of the tiles were cracked or askew.
Casts of sports trophies, a toy train, a saw, a football and a cross are some of the items embedded in the work, all of them rendered fossil-like by the lime 'whitewash' .
So this limpid, adorable film is also a tough, matter-of-fact portrait of the everyday, not a sentimental, redemptive 'whitewash' .
Jack's, always near the top of the table, finished the season in third place after a 10-0 'whitewash' of Tippy's 2.
Those who brand the Butler report a 'whitewash' are talking nonsense to further their own political ends.
But Monty didn't stop his 'whitewash' at the front door.
Frohnmayer attempted to 'whitewash' his hapless record; at least Alexander is more self-critical.
The obituary was the usual nostalgic 'whitewash' .
These wall paintings were executed sometime during the later sixteenth century and covered with 'whitewash' (rather than sanded off) in the seventeenth century as tastes changed.
The two main churches, the Nieuwe Kerk and the Oude Kerk, are serene oases of wood, brick and 'whitewash' .
The president of Rats campaign group, Paul Dainton, welcomed the reports but said they were something of a 'whitewash' .
Recently, however, efforts have been made, not to 'whitewash' James, but at least to take a more balanced look at his character.
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