blanch

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To grow or become white.
2. 2
   To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
3. 3
   To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
4. 4
   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.
5. 5
   To bleach by excluding light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants by earthing them up or tying them together.
6. 6
   To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding.
7. 7
   To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
8. 8
   To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
9. 9
   To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
10. 10
    To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
11. 11
    To cause to turn aside or back.
12. 12
    To use evasion.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.