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Meaning
Verb
●
To
grow
or become white.
●
To take the
color
out of
, and make
white
; to bleach.
●
In Cooking:
To
cook
by
dipping
briefly
into
boiling
water, then
directly
into
cold
water.
●
To
whiten
,
for example
the
surface
of
meat
, by
plunging
into
boiling
water and afterwards into
cold
,
so as to
harden
the
surface
and
retain
the juices
●
To
bleach
by excluding the
light
,
for example
the
stalks
or
leaves
of
plants
, by
earthing
them up or
tying
them together
●
To make
white
by
removing
the
skin
of,
for example
by scalding
●
To give a
white
lustre
to (silver, before
stamping
,
in the process of
coining)
●
To
cover
(
sheet iron
) with a
coating
of tin.
●
To give a
favorable
appearance
to; to
whitewash
; to whiten;
●
To
avoid
, as from
fear
; to
evade
; to
leave
unnoticed.
●
To cause to
turn aside
or back.
●
To use evasion.
Name
●
A
female
given name
from French, a less common
spelling
of Blanche.
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Rhymes
Ranch
Stanch
Haunch
Branch
Blanch
Raunch
Paunch
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