blɑ:ntʃ 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. øblanch
over give a deceptively
good impression of (a
fault etc.) by misrepresentation. [ME f. OF blanchir f. blanc white, BLANK]