BLANCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blanched mean? 

• BLANCHED (adjective)
  The adjective BLANCHED has 2 senses:

1. anemic looking from illness or emotion

2. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

  Familiarity information: BLANCHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLANCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anemic looking from illness or emotion

Synonyms:

ashen; blanched; bloodless; livid; white

Context example:

a face white with rage

Similar:

colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

Synonyms:

blanched; etiolate; etiolated

Context example:

etiolated celery

Similar:

colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)

Domain category:

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

 Context examples 

Her thin hands clenched, and her worn face blanched with the passion of her hatred.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In an instant the Lady Maude had turned upon her two blazing eyes and a face which was blanched with anger.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Indeed, it was almost mesmeric, the effect which this giggling ruffian had produced upon the unfortunate linguist, for he could not speak of him save with trembling hands and a blanched cheek.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well might she put the question: his face was blanched as her gown.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

By the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a drunkard.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A pale-yellow to red fatty oil; soluble in ether, chloroform, and carbon disulfide; taste and aroma are similar to almond oil; the oil is expressed from blanched seeds of peaches or apricots; used as a flavoring, in medicine, and as a nutrient similar to olive and almond oils.

(Persic Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

At Sir Nigel's words he started violently, and his swarthy features blanched to a livid gray.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here was the secret of her blanched face, her shaken nerves, her peals of hysterical laughter on the next morning.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Alleyne, glancing at her, noted that her breath came quick and short, and that her cheeks had blanched to a lily white.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)