1. Anaemic looking from illness or emotion
   "the invalid's blanched cheeks";
   - ashen, bloodless, livid, white
    
2. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
   "blanched celery";
   - etiolate, etiolated

1. Turn pale, as if in fear
   "She blanched at the sight of the ghost";
   - pale, blench [dialect]
    
2. Whiten or bleach something
   "The sun had blanched the curtains"
    
3. (cooking) briefly immerse in boiling water, then usually in cold water, to soften, loosen skins, or preserve colour
   "Blanch the tomatoes to remove their skins"

See also: colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Blanched