WHITE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white out mean? 

• WHITE OUT (verb)
  The verb WHITE OUT has 2 senses:

1. cover up with a liquid correction fluid

2. widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads

  Familiarity information: WHITE OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover up with a liquid correction fluid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

white out; whiteout

Context example:

white-out the typo

Hypernyms (to "white out" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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

 Context examples 

Your field of vision may "white out" or "black out."

(Fainting, NIH)