blanches

Goes suddenly white

Blanches is the third-person singular of blanch.

To blanch is to turn white or pale, especially from fear or shock: She blanches at the sight of blood.

In cooking, to blanch is to briefly plunge food into boiling water, then often into ice water—a technique that loosens skins, sets color, or partially cooks: Blanch the almonds before peeling.

cooking

parboils

Partially cooks by boiling

scaldsBurns with hot liquid
boilsHeats to bubbling
peelsRemoves outer covering

shocks · prepares · softens · preserves · almonds · tomatoes · vegetables · asparagus · green beans · broccoli

pallor

pales

Becomes less impressive

whitensCauses to pale
fadesGrows gradually weaker
drainsPipes removing wastewater

lightens · wan · ashen · colorless · ghostly · bloodless · washes out · loses color

fear

pales

Becomes less impressive

whitensCauses to pale
dreadsAnticipates with anxiety
tremblesShakes involuntarily, slightly

recoils · shrinks · flinches · cowers · freezes · shudders · quails · falters · hesitates · winces

Opposites

facial color change (emotional response)

blanchesblushes

Turns red from emotion

flushes · reddens · colors · crimsons · glows

culinary technique (vegetable/food preparation)

blanchessears

Scorches with fierce heat

browns · caramelizes · chars · roasts · blackens

Phrases

blanched almondNut stripped of brown coat

Family

blanch, blanched, blanching, unblanched

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G