Word Finder - blanched

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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

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To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.

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To cause to turn aside or back.

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to blanch a deer

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To use evasion.

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Lacking complexion or color

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Bleached

The top of the cake is covered with sliced, blanched almonds.

The limbs are cold and the skin is blanched.

Use raw, blanched, or fully cooked vegetables fruits or herbs.

Almond flour is made by using whole blanched almonds that are ground into a fine meal or flour.

These noodles are a perfect foil for any kind of Asian-style salad that might include sesame oil, fresh ginger, rice wine vinegar and blanched vegetables such as snap peas, sliced green onions, and red or yellow bell peppers.

Charlotte Bronte extolled the " blossom blanched orchard trees whose boughs droop like white garlands " while Jane Austen praised the bountiful apple tree.

Here the salad is made from fine green beans, very quickly blanched in boiling water and then rapidly cooled.

The blanched leaves are produced when an upturned pot, for example, is placed over the plant to block out the light.

Think steamed or blanched rather than stewed vegetables.

The soil is blanched and accursed there, and before that becomes necessary the earth itself will be destroyed.

The blanched fronds are also sold in large quantities for the processions of Palm Sunday, and after they have received the blessing of the priest they are regarded throughout Spain as certain defences against lightning.

He revived Cynthia and wrapped her tightly in a bright red blanket, stark contrast to her blanched pallor.