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(1889–1938) a US actress who worked in SILENT FILMs. She is famous as the girl who was always left in a dangerous situation at the end of each part of several cinema ↑serials, for example being tied to a railway line by the ↑villain when a train is coming.

(1961–2004) a former US football player known especially for playing DEFENSIVE END for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles teams. He was famous for achieving the most ↑sacks in the history of the NFL. He was also known for his ↑fundamentalist Christian beliefs.

[Word Family: noun: ↑white, ↑whiteness, ↑whitener; verb: ↑whiten; adjective: ↑white]

[Language: Old English; Origin: hwit]

1. COLOUR having the colour of milk, salt, or snow:

a white dress

pure/snow white (=completely white)

snow white hair

2. PEOPLE

a) belonging to the race of people with pale skin ⇨ black:

young white males

b) relating to white people:

a white neighborhood

3. PALE looking pale, because of illness, strong emotion etc:

Are you OK? You’re white as a sheet (=extremely pale).

white with anger/fear etc

Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger.

4. COFFEE [usually before noun] British English white coffee has milk or cream in it

5. WINE white wine is a pale yellow colour ⇨ red

6. a white Christmas a Christmas when there is snow

7. whiter than white completely morally good:

He said that he had never claimed to be whiter than white.

—whiteness noun [uncountable]

[Word Family: noun: ↑white, ↑whiteness, ↑whitener; verb: ↑whiten; adjective: ↑white]

1. COLOUR [uncountable] the colour of milk, salt, and snow

2. PEOPLE [countable] (also White) someone who belongs to the race of people with pale skin ⇨ black:

The mayor is very popular among whites.

3. WINE [uncountable and countable] wine that is pale yellow in colour:

a nice bottle of white

California has some of the finest whites in the world.

4. EYE [countable + of] the white part of your eye

5.

EGG [uncountable and countable] the part of an egg that surrounds the ↑yolk (=yellow part) and becomes white when cooked

6. whites [plural]

a) white clothes, sheets etc, which are separated from dark colours when they are washed

b) white clothes that are worn for some sports, such as ↑tennis

white something ↔ out phrasal verb

to cover something written on paper, especially a mistake, with a special white liquid so that it cannot be seen any more