BLACKWASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackwash mean? 

• BLACKWASH (noun)
  The noun BLACKWASH has 3 senses:

1. an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

2. a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores

3. a wash that colors a surface black

  Familiarity information: BLACKWASH used as a noun is uncommon.

• BLACKWASH (verb)
  The verb BLACKWASH has 2 senses:

1. bring (information) out of concealment

2. color with blackwash

  Familiarity information: BLACKWASH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACKWASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

assassination; blackwash; character assassination

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

black lotion; blackwash

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:

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)

• BLACKWASH (verb)

Sense 1

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

Sense 2

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