"blanched" in the verb sense
1. pale, blanch, blench
turn pale, as if in fear
2. blanch, parboil
cook (vegetables) briefly
"Parboil the beans before freezing them"
"blanched" in the adjective sense
1. ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
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"
2. etiolate, etiolated, blanched
especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
"etiolated celery"
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