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blanch  (blnch) also blench (blnch)

v. blanched also blenched, blanch·ing also blench·ing, blanch·es also blench·es

v.tr.

1. To take the color from; bleach.

2. To whiten (a growing plant or plant part) by covering to cut off direct light.

3. To whiten (a metal) by soaking in acid or by coating with tin.

4.

a. To scald (almonds, for example) in order to loosen the skin.

b. To scald (food) briefly, as before freezing or as a preliminary stage in preparing a dish.

5. To cause to turn white or become pale.

v.intr.

To turn white or become pale: Their faces blanched in terror.

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[Middle English blaunchen, to make white, from Old French blanchir, from blanche, feminine of blanc, white, of Germanic origin; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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blancher n.

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blanch [blɑːntʃ]

vb (mainly tr)

1. (also intr) to remove colour from, or (of colour) to be removed; whiten; fade the sun blanched the carpet over the years the painting blanched

2. (usually intr) to become or cause to become pale, as with sickness or fear

3. (Cookery) to plunge tomatoes, nuts, etc., into boiling water to loosen the skin

4. (Cookery) to plunge (meat, green vegetables, etc.) in boiling water or bring to the boil in water in order to whiten, preserve the natural colour, or reduce or remove a bitter or salty taste

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) to cause (celery, chicory, etc.) to grow free of chlorophyll by the exclusion of sunlight

6. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Metallurgy to whiten (a metal), usually by treating it with an acid or by coating it with tin

7. (tr, usually foll by over) to attempt to conceal something

[from Old French blanchir from blanc white; see blank]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	blanch - turn pale, as if in fear blench, pale discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
	2.	blanch - cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them" parboil cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

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blanch

verb

1. turn pale, fade, pale, drain, bleach, wan, whiten, go white, become pallid, become or grow white She felt herself blanch at the unpleasant memories.

2. recoil, start, withdraw, flee, retreat, duck, shrink, back off, wince, swerve, cringe, shy away, quail, cower, shirk, draw back, baulk, blench Staff don't blanch at the sight of a wheelchair.

3. boil, scald, dunk Skin the peaches by blanching them.

Translations

blanch [blɑːntʃ]

A. VI [person] → palidecer

B. VT (Culin) → blanquear; (= boil) → escaldar
blanched almonds → almendras fpl peladas

blanch [ˈblɑːntʃ]

vi [person, face] → blêmir

vt [+ vegetables, almonds] → blanchir

blanch

vt (Hort) → bleichen; (illness) face → bleich machen; (fear) → erbleichen lassen; (Cook) vegetables → blanchieren; almonds → brühen

vi (→ vor +dat) (person) → blass werden; (with fear also) → bleich werden, erbleichen (geh)

blanch [blɑːntʃ]

1. vi (person) → sbiancare in viso

2. vt (Culin) → scottare