(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~, you suddenly become very pale.
His face ~ed as he looked at Sharpe’s blood-drenched uniform...
She felt herself ~ at the unpleasant memories.
VERB: V, V at n
2.
If you say that someone ~es 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 ~ed at his miscalculations...
VERB: V at n
3.
If you ~ 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 ~ing them.
VERB: V n