blanch en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Cognates Cognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To grow or become white.
The rose blanches in the sun.
His cheek blanched with fear.
"Where is the target?" "Bearing zero-four-five, Comrade. Bearing is constant," the michman replied, "closing rapidly." Tupolev blanched. "Left full rudder, all ahead flank!"
1984, Tom Clancy, “The Seventeenth Day: Sunday, 19 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 456:Nurse Cramer's face blanched and she turned to Dunbar desperately for aid.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
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(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
to blanch linen
Age has blanched his hair.
- (transitive) 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 light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants by earthing them up or tying them together.
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(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding.
to blanch almonds
- (transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
- (intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
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(figuratively, transitive) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
c. 1680, John Tillotson, The indispensable necessity of the knowledge of the Holy Scripture Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blanches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| blanching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blanched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blanched | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
emblanch · blanched almond · blanchable · blanch up · preblanch · blancher
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (59)
ga bánaigh (to make white) · pl wypłowić (to make white) · es escaldar (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · pl blednąć (to grow or become white) · fr blanchir (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · pl blanszować (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · sv blanchera (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · fi valkaista (to make white) · pl zblanszować (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · es blanquecer (to make white) · fr monder (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · ru бели́ть (to make white) · ru бледне́ть (to grow or become white) · grc λευκαίνω (to make white) · nl verbleken (to grow or become white) · ru побледне́ть (to grow or become white) · pl płowieć (to grow or become white) · hu blansíroz (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · es amarillear (to grow or become white) · fr blanchir (to grow or become white) · ota بیاضلانمق (to grow or become white) · ru беле́ть (to grow or become white) · nl bleken (to make white) · de blanchieren (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · bg побелявам (to grow or become white) · pl wypławiać (to make white) · bg избелвам (to make white) · sv bleka (to make white) · es blanquear (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · es palidecer (to grow or become white) · fi kalveta (to grow or become white) · nb skålde (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · gl aferventar (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · grc λευκαίνω (to grow or become white) · ru побеле́ть (to grow or become white) · pl zblednąć (to grow or become white) · fr blanchir (to make white) · pl płowić (to make white) · pl spłowieć (to grow or become white) · nl blancheren (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · ru бланширова́ть (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · es empalidecer (to grow or become white) · nb bleke (to make white) · pl blaknąć (to grow or become white) · no blekne (to grow or become white) · es lividecer (to grow or become white) · de erbleichen (to grow or become white) · es blanquear (to make white) · es emblanquecer (to make white) · fi kaltata (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · es emblanquecerse (to grow or become white) · bg бланширам (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · sv blekna (to grow or become white) · es armiñar (to make white) · ru побели́ть (to make white) · nl witten (to make white) · cmn 焯 (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) · pl zblaknąć (to grow or become white) · ga bánaigh (to grow or become white)