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Definition blanch

Etymology 1

From Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ley?- (“to shine”). Cognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.

Verb

blanch (third-person singular simple present blanches, present participle blanching, simple past and past participle blanched)

1. (intransitive) To grow or become white
2. (transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach
3. (transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
4. (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
5. (transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
6. (transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
7. (transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
8. (tntransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
9. (transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;

Etymology 2

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

Verb

blanch (third-person singular simple present blanches, present participle blanching, simple past and past participle blanched)

1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
2. To cause to turn aside or back.
3. To use evasion.

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