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Definition of Blanch

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Blanch Blanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] [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) 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. Usage: 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.
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Blanch Blanch, v. i. To use evasion. [Obs.] Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. --Bacon.
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Blanch Blanch, n. (Mining) Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
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Blanch Blanch, v. i. To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. [Bones] blanching on the grass. --Tennyson.
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Blanch Blanch, v. t. [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.

Meaning of Blanch from wikipedia

- Look up blanch or blanching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blanch or blanching may refer to: Andrea Blanch (born 1935), portrait, commercial, and...
- When skin is blanched, it takes on a whitish appearance as blood flow to the region is prevented. This occurs during and is the basis of the physiologic...
- Darwin Blanch (born September 28, 2007) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 652, achieved on March 3, 2025...
- Blanching is a cooking process in which a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief timed interval, and finally...
- Tirant lo Blanch (Valencian: [tiˈɾand lo ˈblaŋ(k)]; modern spelling: Tirant lo Blanc), in English Tirant the White, is a chivalric romance written by the...
- Blanch fee, or blanch holding (from French blanc, white), an ancient tenure in Scots land law, the duty payable being in silver or "white" money in contradistinction...
- Lesley Blanch (6 June 1904 – 7 May 2007) was a British writer and traveller. She is best known for The Wilder S****s of Love, about Isabel Burton (who...
- Jewel Blanch is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of country music singer, Arthur Blanch, with whom she has performed. Jewel...
- Montserrat Blanch Ferrer (b. 1903 - d. Madrid; February 1995) was a Spanish actress. Sister of the actors José and Modesto Blanch and aunt of Jaime Blanch. She...
- Blanching is a technique used in vegetable growing. Young shoots of a plant are covered to exclude light to prevent photosynthesis and the production...