blanched
- 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 .