Word Finder - blanch

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To grow or become white

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His cheek blanched with fear.

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To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach

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Age has blanched his hair.

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To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.

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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

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To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together

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To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding

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to blanch almonds

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To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)

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(tntransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.

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To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;

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• palliate

Realization made her blanch.

Under the influence of exposure to intense cold a small mammal has been observed to turn white in a single night, just as the human hair has been known to blanch suddenly under the influence of intense emotion, and in both cases extreme activity of the phagocytes is apparently the inducing cause.

Blanch them by placing an upturned plant pot over them, cover the hole to exclude any light.

To blanch and freeze herbs, pick fresh herbs and boil a pot of water.

Skin reactions include the raised, red, and itchy patches called hives that characteristically blanch with pressure and resolve within 24 hours.

Both types of infection may also have a rash which does not blanch or go white with pressure.

King Richard has a long blanch naturally whereas Musselburgh needs the trench or deep hole.

Cut fresh turnips into anchovy shapes, blanch, oil and salt them and add black peppercorns.

In 1638 Dugdale was created a pursuivant of arms extraordinary by the name of Blanch Lyon, and in 1639 rouge croix pursuivant in ordinary.

Thy blood so freely spilled, can blanch my blackest stains and purge away my guilt.

Tell Brennan he has carte blanch to give us everything within reason we might need.

Stake up peas; blanch sea-kale and rhubarb in the open air by covering with straw or leaves.

Lesley Blanch vividly recounts the epic story of their heroic and bloody struggle and the life of a man still legendary in the Caucasus.

Blanch it by dipping it briefly in boiling water, then in cold water, drain it and chop it.

Sow a few peas and beans, in case of accident to those sown in November, drawing up the soil towards the stems of those which are above ground as a protection; earth up celery; blanch endive with flower-pots; sow radishes in a very sheltered place.