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

• cut-out
• cut out for
• cut out of whole cloth
• cut-outs
• cut-over
• cut-price
• cutpurse
• cutpurses
• cut-rate
• cuts
• cut short
• cut someone some slack
• cut teeth
• cutter
• cutters
• cut the cackle
• cut the Gordian knot
• cut the ground from under someone's feet
• cut the mustard
• cut-throat
• cut-throats
• cuttier
• desegregating
• desegregation
• desegregationist