[{"word":"blanched","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To grow or become white","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His cheek blanched with fear."},{"definition":"To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Age has blanched his hair."},{"definition":"To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to blanch almonds"},{"definition":"To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(tntransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;","synonyms":["palliate"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["palliate"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause to turn aside or back.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to blanch a deer"},{"definition":"To use evasion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Lacking complexion or color","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Bleached","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["pale","pallid"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blanch","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blanched"]}]