verb · transitive · rare

blanch

blanch · blanches · blanched · blanching

бліднути

бледнеть, побледнеть, побелеть, белеть

erbleichen, blanchieren

To grow or become whiteTo grow or become white.

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/blɑːnt͡ʃ/

» She blanched at the bad news.

Она побледнела от плохих вестей.

Meaning

12 senses

(intransitive)To grow or become white.
His cheek blanched with fear.
The rose blanches in the sun.
erbleichen
бледне́тьblednétʹ, побледне́тьpoblednétʹ, беле́тьbelétʹ
(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.
blanchieren
бланширова́тьblanširovátʹ
cook (vegetables) briefly
(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.
(transitive)To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding.
to blanch almonds
бели́тьbelítʹ, побели́тьpobelítʹ
(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.
(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.
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
to blanch a deer
turn pale, as if in fear
To use evasion.

Examples

3 sentences

She blanched at the bad news.
ruОна побледнела от плохих вестей.
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After they've been blanched, the artichokes can be frozen.
deNach dem Blanchieren können die Artischocken eingefroren werden.
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She blanched at the news.
deSie erbleichte bei diesen Neuigkeiten.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to grow or become white:

to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water:

to make white:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to grow or become white:

to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water:

Origin

From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”),

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”).

Variant of blench, of same Proto-Indo-European origin.

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