BLANCH


Meaning of BLANCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ blɑ:ntʃ, blæntʃ ]

( blanches, blanching, blanched)

1.

If you blanch , you suddenly become very pale.

His face blanched as he looked at Sharpe’s blood-drenched uniform...

She felt herself blanch at the unpleasant memories.

VERB : V , V at n

2.

If you say that someone blanches at something, you mean that they find it unpleasant and do not want to be involved with it.

Everything he had said had been a mistake. He blanched at his miscalculations...

VERB : V at n

3.

If you blanch vegetables, fruit, or nuts, you put them into boiling water for a short time, usually in order to remove their skins, or to prepare them for freezing.

Skin the peaches by blanching them.

VERB : V n

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