blanch
verb
1 blanch
Turn pale, as if in fear.
synonyms: blench, pale.
Roget 429:
lose color
etc.
428;
fade,
fly,
go;
become colorless
etc.
adj.;
turn pale,
pale.
deprive of color,
decolorize,
bleach,
tarnish,
achromatize,
blanch,
etiolate,
wash out,
tone down.
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Roget 430:
be white
etc.
adj..
render white
etc.
adj.;
whiten,
bleach,
blanch,
etiolate,
whitewash,
silver.
Dutch: verbleken, verschieten
2 blanch
Cook (vegetables) briefly.
synonym: parboil.
Dutch: verbleken, witten, blancheren
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