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blanch
1[blanch, blahnch]
verb (used with object)
to whiten by removing color; bleach.
Workers were blanching linen in the sun.
Cooking.
to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands.
to scald or parboil (meat or vegetables) so as to whiten, remove the odor, prepare for cooking by other means, etc.
Horticulture.(of the stems or leaves of plants, as celery or leeks) to whiten or prevent from becoming green by excluding light.
Metallurgy.
to give a white luster to (metals), as by means of acids.
to coat (sheet metal) with tin.
to make pale, as with sickness or fear.
The long illness had blanched her cheeks of their natural color.
verb (used without object)
to become white; turn pale.
The very thought of going made him blanch.
blanch
2[blanch, blahnch]
verb (used with object)
to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
blanch
/ ɑːԳʃ /
verb
(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
(usually intr) to become or cause to become pale, as with sickness or fear
to plunge tomatoes, nuts, etc, into boiling water to loosen the skin
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
to cause (celery, chicory, etc) to grow free of chlorophyll by the exclusion of sunlight
metallurgy to whiten (a metal), usually by treating it with an acid or by coating it with tin
to attempt to conceal something
Other 51Թ Forms
- blancher noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blanch1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“My advice is to buy them fresh. If that’s too time-consuming, you can buy frozen fava beans — they already come peeled, shelled and blanched.”
Fresh asparagus first gets a blanch, then an ice bath, before taking a relaxing soak in an old-fashioned tasting, bread-and-butter pickle type of marinade.
At first, Hallow didn't seem so bad, even though I blanched when it immediately gamified the spiritual experience by congratulating me for maintaining my "streak" of daily usage.
Frank Rich, writing in the New York Times, praised “Grownups” as Feiffer’s “most moving and provocative work” but blanched at its painful content.
“When Issa came up with the guitar scene, I initially blanched, thinking that if this guy was creative he probably wouldn’t be the person he is,” the actor says.
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