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blanch2    Audio Help   [blanch, blahnch] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
[Origin: 1565–75; var. of blench1]
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blanch1    Audio Help   [blanch, blahnch] Pronunciation Key
–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.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME bla(u)nchen < AF, MF blanchir to whiten, deriv. of blanc, blanche white; see blank]

—Related forms
blancher, noun

—Synonyms 1. See whiten.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  blanch
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  argent, bleach, chalk, fade, lighten, pale, recoil, whiten, whitewash, wince
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  pale
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To lose normal coloration; turn pale.
Synonyms:  bleach, etiolate, wan
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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