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To grow or become white

Example: His cheek blanched with fear.

To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach

Example: Age has blanched his hair.

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 avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.

To cause to turn aside or back.

Example: to blanch a deer

To use evasion.