v.
1. tr. make white or pale by extracting colour.
2 intr. & tr. grow or make pale from shock, fear, etc.
3 tr. Cookery a peel (almonds etc.) by scalding. b immerse (vegetables or meat) briefly in boiling water.
4 tr. whiten (a plant) by depriving it of light.
Phrases and idioms:
blanch over give a deceptively good impression of (a fault etc.) by misrepresentation.
Etymology: ME f. OF blanchir f. blanc white, BLANK