Adjective blanched has 2 senses
  1. ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white - ash-colored or 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"
    Antonyms: colorful, colourful (indirect, via colorless)
  2. etiolate, etiolated, blanched - (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery"
    Antonyms: colorful, colourful (indirect, via colorless)
,Verb blanch has 2 senses
  1. pale, blanch, blench - turn pale, as if in fear
    --1 is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. blanch, parboil - cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"
    --2 is one way to cook
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs blanch the vegetables
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