blanch /blänch or blänsh/

1. To whiten
2. To remove colour from
3. To prevent (celery, etc) from turning green by growing it in the dark
4. To immerse (fruit, vegetables, etc) briefly in boiling water (cookery)

1. To grow white
2. To fade
3. To become pale

• on someone's tail
• on song
• on speaking terms
• on spec
• onst
• on-stage
• on stand-by
• onstead
• onsteads
• on stream
• on-stream
• on strike
• on sufferance
• on suspicion
• on suspicion of
• on tap
• on target
• on tenterhooks
• on terms
• on that score
• on the agenda
• on the air
• on the alert
• on the anvil
• on the back burner