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blanch (verb)

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  • blanch — ► VERB 1) make or become white or pale. 2) prepare (vegetables) by immersing briefly in boiling water. 3) peel (almonds) by scalding them. ORIGIN Old French blanchir, from blanc white …   English terms dictionary

  • blanch — [ blæntʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive MAINLY LITERARY to be so shocked or frightened that your face becomes pale 2. ) transitive to put fruit, nuts, or vegetables into boiling water for a short time, often in order to make it easier to remove the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • blanch — verb 1 (I) to become pale because you are frightened or shocked: Robin swallowed and blanched. Oh, God! Pregnant! 2 (T) to put vegetables, fruit, or nuts into boiling water for a short time: Blanch the peaches and remove the skins. 3 (T) to make… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • blanch — verb 1) the moonlight blanches her hair Syn: turn pale, whiten, lighten, wash out, fade Ant: darken 2) his face blanched Syn: pale, turn pale, turn white …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • blanch — verb Etymology: Middle English blaunchen, from Anglo French blanchir, from blanc, adjective, white more at blank Date: 15th century transitive verb to take the color out of: as a. to bleach by excluding light b. to scald or parboil in water or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • blanch — [[t]blɑ͟ːntʃ, blæ̱ntʃ[/t]] blanches, blanching, blanched 1) VERB If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale. Simon Doggett s face blanched as he looked at Sharpe s frayed and blood drenched uniform... [V at n] She felt herself blanch at the… …   English dictionary

  • blanch — UK [blɑːntʃ] / US [blæntʃ] verb Word forms blanch : present tense I/you/we/they blanch he/she/it blanches present participle blanching past tense blanched past participle blanched 1) [intransitive] mainly literary to be so shocked or frightened… …   English dictionary

  • blanch — /blæntʃ/ (say blanch), /blantʃ/ (say blahnch) verb (t) 1. to whiten by removing colour. 2. Horticulture to whiten or prevent from becoming green by excluding the light (a process applied to the stems or leaves of plants, such as celery, lettuce,… …  

  • blanch — 1. noun ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals. 2. verb a) To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. b) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has… …   Wiktionary

  • blanch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. whiten; scald. See colorlessness, food. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. whiten, etiolate, wash out, turn pale; see bleach , whiten 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. whiten, bleach, fade, wash out, pale.… …   English dictionary for students

  • blanch — [blα:n(t)ʃ] verb 1》 make or become white or pale. 2》 prepare (vegetables) for freezing or further cooking by immersing briefly in boiling water.     ↘[often as adjective blanched] peel (almonds) by scalding them. Origin ME: from OFr. blanchir,… …   English new terms dictionary

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