Blanch(a.)
- To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
Blanch(a.)
- To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.
Blanch(a.)
- To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.
Blanch(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.
Blanch(a.)
- To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
Blanch(a.)
- To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
Blanch(a.)
- Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.
Blanch(v. i.)
- To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.
Blanch(v. t.)
- To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
Blanch(v. t.)
- To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.