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

• grides
• griding
• gridiron
• gridironed
• gridironing
• gridirons
• gridlock
• gridlocked
• gridlocks
• grid reference
• grid references
• grids
• griece
• grieced
• grief
• griefful
• griefless
• griefs
• grief-shot
• grief-stricken
• griesie
• griesly
• griesy
• grievance
• grievances