Definitions for blanched
Overview of verb blanch
The verb blanch has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) pale, blanch, blench
(turn pale, as if in fear)
2. blanch, parboil
(cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them")
Overview of adj blanched
The adj blanched has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
(anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage")
2. etiolate, etiolated, blanched
((especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery")
