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blanched

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blanch

1[blanch, blahnch]
verb (used with object)
1.
to whiten by removing color; bleach: Workers were blanching linen in the sun.
2.
Cookery.
a.
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.
b.
to scald or parboil (meat or vegetables) so as to whiten, remove the odor, prepare for cooking by other means, etc.
3.
Horticulture. (of the stems or leaves of plants, as celery or lettuce) to whiten or prevent from becoming green by excluding light.
4.
Metallurgy.
a.
to give a white luster to (metals), as by means of acids.
b.
to coat (sheet metal) with tin.
5.
to make pale, as with sickness or fear: The long illness had blanched her cheeks of their natural color.
verb (used without object)
6.
to become white; turn pale: The very thought of going made him blanch.

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Blanched is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English bla(u)nchen < Anglo-French, Middle French blanchir to whiten, derivative of blanc, blanche white; see blank

blanch·er, noun


1. See whiten.

Example Sentences
  • Kale can be simmered for long periods, or it can be blanched and then quickly pan-cooked in olive oil.
  • British governments have rarely blanched at armaments as a staple of trade.
  • Bleaching occurs when warmer oceans cause corals to lose their symbiotic algae, leaving the blanched reefs to slowly perish.
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blanch

2[blanch, blahnch]
verb (used with object)
to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.

Origin:
1565–75; variant of blench1
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blanch
"to start back, turn aside," 1570s, variant of blench (q.v.).
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