pale, blanch, blench
(verb) turn pale, as if in fear
blanch, parboil
(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly; “Parboil the beans before freezing them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blanch (third-person singular simple present blanches, present participle blanching, simple past and past participle blanched)
(intransitive) To grow or become white
(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach
(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(tntransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
Synonym: palliate
blanch (third-person singular simple present blanches, present participle blanching, simple past and past participle blanched)
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
To use evasion.
Blanch
A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.
That daughter there of Spain, the Lady Blanch, / Is near to England: look upon the years / Of Lewis the Dauphin and the lovely maid. / If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, / Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch?
Source: Wiktionary
Blanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] Etym: [OE. blanchen, blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
2. (Gardening)
Definition: To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.
3. (Confectionery & Cookery) (a) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. (b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.
4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. Tillotson.
Syn.
– To Blanch, Whiten. To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually (though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the surface of the object in question. To blanch is to whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e., by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
Blanch, v. i.
Definition: To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. [Bones] blanching on the grass. Tennyson.
Blanch, v. t. Etym: [See Blench.]
1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. [Obs.] Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and blanch his danger. Bacon. I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way. Reliq. Wot.
2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
Blanch, v. i.
Definition: To use evasion. [Obs.] Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. Bacon.
Blanch, n. (Mining)
Definition: Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
