Blanch ¹

Definition: To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.

Blanch ²

Definition: To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.

Blanch ³

Definition: To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.

Blanch ⁴

Definition: 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.

Blanch ⁵

Definition: To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).

Blanch ⁶

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

Blanch ⁷

Definition: Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.

Blanch ⁸

Definition: To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.

Blanch ⁹

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

Blanch ¹⁰

Definition: To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.

Blanch ¹¹

Definition: To use evasion.

Blanch ¹²

Definition: Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.

blanch ¹³

Definition: turn pale, as if in fear

blanch ¹⁴

Definition: cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"