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• v  turn pale, as if in fear
• v  cook (vegetables) briefly
• s  anemic looking from illness or emotion
  the invalid's blanched cheeks
• s  (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

• Flappers sat with blanched faces; bewhiskered Hebrews rocked back and forth with supressed excitement; Ukrainians, more pallid than ever, glanced nervously through their .
• 1 cup frozen garden peas, blanched in salted water Directions: 1.
• The few gays who had scratched their way into the city's establishment blanched when Milk announced his first run for supervisor in 1973, but Milk had a powerful idea: he would .

• pale
• blanch
• blench
• parboil
• ashen
• bloodless
• livid
• white
• etiolate
• etiolated

News & Articles

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• Letter: Aspen double-speak
  Months ago I blanched when reading that Aspen City Councilman Skadron reported hearing complaints from constituents about the new Roaring Fork Transportation Authority bus stops because they looked “too nice.”
  June 17, 2013 - The Aspen Times
• Chef's table: Beet greens salad
  Serves 6 When beets are on the menu at Tomasso Trattoria, the staff is likely to be eating beet greens. They're nutritious and delicious, here blanched and sauteed, then topped with a lemon vinaigrette, chopped tomato, and toasted almonds.        
  June 15, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Monte Kwinter in CTV.ca
  It turned out to be my granddaughter and they told me that I visibly blanched when they asked me if I knew her,Kwinter said.