1. (verb)pale, blanch, blench turn pale, as if in fear
2. (verb)blanch, parboil cook (vegetables) briefly "Parboil the beans before freezing them"
Definition of 'blanch'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)blanch to take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair
2. (adj)blanch to bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
3. (adj)blanch to makewhite by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds
4. (adj)blanch to whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boilingwater and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
5. (adj)blanch to give a whiteluster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.)
6. (adj)blanch to cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin
7. (adj)blanch fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate
8. (noun)blanch ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals
9. (verb)blanch to grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun
10. (verb)blanch to avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed
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