Definitions for Blanch
blæntʃ, blɑntʃblanch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. pale, blanch, blenchverb

   turn pale, as if in fear

2. blanch, parboilverb

   cook (vegetables) briefly

   "Parboil the beans before freezing them"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blanchnoun

   ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.

2. blanchverb

   To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.

3. blanchverb

   To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.

4. blanchverb

   To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.

5. blanchverb

   To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.

6. blanchverb

   To use evasion.

7. blanchverb

   To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.

8. blanchverb

   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

9. blanchverb

   To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.

10. blanchverb

    To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.

11. blanchverb

    To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).

12. blanchverb

    To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.

13. blanchverb

    To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.

14. Blanchnoun

    A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To BLANCHverb

   Etymology: blanchir, Fr.

   1. To whiten; to change from some other colour to white.

   You can behold such sights,
   And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks,
   When mine is blanch’d with fear. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   A way of whiting wax cheaply may be of use; and we have set down the practice of tradesmen who blanch it. Boyle.

   And sin’s black dye seems blanch’d by age to virtue. John Dryden, Spanish Friar.

   2. To strip or peel such things as have husks.

   Their suppers may be bisket, raisins of the sun, and a few blanched almonds. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   3. To obliterate; to wash out; to balk; to pass over.

   The judges thought it dangerous to admit ifs and ands, to qualify treason; whereby every one might express his malice, and blanch his danger. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   You are not transported in an action that warms the blood and is appearing holy, to blanch, or take for admitted, the point of lawfulness. Francis Bacon, Holy War.

2. To Blanchverb

   To evade; to shift; to speak soft.

   Optimi consiliarii mortui; books will speak plain, when counsellors blanch. Francis Bacon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Blanchadjective

   to take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair

2. Blanchadjective

   to bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together

3. Blanchadjective

   to make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds

4. Blanchadjective

   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

5. Blanchadjective

   to give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.)

6. Blanchadjective

   to cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin

7. Blanchadjective

   fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate

8. Blanchverb

   to grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun

9. Blanchverb

   to avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed

10. Blanchverb

    to cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer

11. Blanchverb

    to use evasion

12. Blanchnoun

    ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blanch

   When skin is blanched, it takes on a whitish appearance as blood flow to the region is prevented. This occurs during and is the basis of the physiologic test known as diascopy. Blanching of the fingers is also one of the most clinically evident signs of Raynaud's phenomenon. Blanching is prevented in gangrene as the red blood corpuscles are extravasated and impart red color to the gangrenous part.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blanch

   blansh, v.t. to whiten.—v.i. to grow white. [Fr. blanchir—blanc, white. See Blank.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BLANCH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Blanch is ranked #16012 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Blanch surname appeared 1,813 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Blanch.
   
   66.6% or 1,208 total occurrences were White.
   20.6% or 374 total occurrences were Black.
   8.4% or 154 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 43 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.4% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.3% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Cook
   • Cookery
   • Discolor

How to pronounce Blanch?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Blanch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Blanch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Blanch in a Sentence

1. Joshua Blackman:

   He is bold, he doesn't blanch at a suggestion that a major law is unconstitutional. If he thinks something's valid, he'll stop it.

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