blanch

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That made the very bones of my body turn cold, and I saw cheeks about me blanch--for it meant fire and the stake!

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  1. transitive verb To take the color from; bleach.
  2. transitive verb To whiten (a growing plant or plant part) by covering to cut off direct light.
  3. transitive verb To whiten (a metal) by soaking in acid or by coating with tin.
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  • Meanwhile, blanch, peel, and lightly chop your almonds.
  • In that supreme moment Hook did not blanch, even at the gills, but Smee and Starkey clung to each other in terror. —  Peter Pan
  • He didn't blanch or stagger to his knees, and all because the realization wasn't gruesome or horrifying after all. —  Garwood, Julie - Prince Charming
  • His fury caused the fighters arrayed against him to blanch, turn, and run. —  The Gathering - Arena
  • My world is in Tamil Nadu She saw him blanch, saw the fear in his eyes. —  Mistaken for a Mistress by Jane
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English blaunchen, to make white, from Old French blanchir, from blanche, feminine of blanc, white, of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also written blench; from Middle English blanche, blaunche, from Old French blanche, feminine of blanc, white: see blank, adjective
  2. Early modern English also blaunch; from Middle English blaunchen, blanchen, from Old French blanchir (French blanchir), from blanc (later Middle English blank, blanch), white: see blank.
  3. A corruption of blench, simulating blanch, turn pale: see blench.
 

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