blanch

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

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

3. a. To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. Source: opted

4. a. 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. Source: opted

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

6. a. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. Source: opted

7. a. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. Source: opted

8. v. i. To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. Source: opted

9. v. t. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. Source: opted

10. v. t. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer. Source: opted

11. v. i. To use evasion. Source: opted

12. n. Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals. Source: opted

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