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Blanch

Blanch Meaning & Definition
Blanch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blanch?

[v] turn pale, as if in fear
[v] cook briefly; as of vegetables; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blanch: blench | pale | parboil

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blanch: ache | achromatize | agonize | ail | anguish | bake | barbecue | baste | besnow | bleach | bleach out | blench | blush | boil | braise | brew | broil | brown | chalk | change color | coddle | color | cook | crimson | curry | darken | decolor | decolorize | devil | dim | discolor | do | do to perfection | drain | drain of color | dull | etiolate | fade | fade out | feel pain | feel the pangs | fire | flinch | flush | fricassee | frizz | frizzle | frost | fry | fume | glow | griddle | grill | grimace | grizzle | grow pale | have a misery | heat | hurt | look black | lose color | mantle | oven-bake | pale | pan | pan-broil | parboil | peroxide | poach | pound | prepare | prepare food | quail | redden | roast | saute | scallop | sear | shirr | shoot | shrink | silver | simmer | smart | squinch | start | steam | stew | stir-fry | suffer | tarnish | thrill | throb | tone down | turn color | turn pale | turn red | turn white | twinge | twitch | wan | wash out | white | whiten | wince | writhe

See Also | color | colour | cook | discolor | discolour

Blanch In Webster's Dictionary

\Blanch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blanched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blanching}.] [OE. blanchen, blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See {Blank}, a.] 1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair. 2. (Gardening) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together. 3. (Confectionery & Cookery) (a) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. (b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices. 4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.). 5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. 6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. --Tillotson. Syn: To {Blanch}, {Whiten}. Usage: To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually (though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the surface of the object in question. To blanch is to whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e., by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
\Blanch\, v. i. To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. [Bones] blanching on the grass. --Tennyson.
\Blanch\, v. t. [See {Blench}.] 1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. [Obs.] Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and blanch his danger. --Bacon. I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way. --Reliq. Wot. 2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
\Blanch\, v. i. To use evasion. [Obs.] Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. --Bacon.
\Blanch\, n. (Mining) Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.

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