blench
11blench — blanch, blench Blanch means first and foremost ‘to make (something) white’ (especially vegetables by dipping them in boiling water) and (intransitively) ‘to become pale’ (from fear, shock, embarrassment, etc.); a by form blench is also used in… …
12blench — blench1 blencher, n. blenchingly, adv. /blench/, v.i. to shrink; flinch; quail: an unsteady eye that blenched under another s gaze. [bef. 1000; ME blenchen, OE blencan; c. ON blekkja, MHG blenken] Syn. See wince. blench2 …
13blench — v. (D; intr.) ( to flinch ) to blench at (he blenched at the sight) * * * [blentʃ] (D; intr.) ( to flinch ) to blench at (he blenched at the sight) …
14blench — UK [blentʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms blench : present tense I/you/we/they blench he/she/it blenches present participle blenching past tense blenched past participle blenched mainly literary to react in a way that shows you are very… …
15blench — I. /blɛntʃ / (say blench) verb (i) to shrink; flinch; quail. {Middle English blenchen, Old English blencan deceive} –blencher, noun II. /blɛntʃ / (say blench) verb (i) 1. to become pale or white; blanch. –verb (t) 2. to make pale or white.… …
16blench´er — blench1 «blehnch», intransitive verb. to draw back; shrink away: »I blench and withdraw... (Ralph Waldo Emerson). SYNONYM(S): flinch, quail. –v.t. to avoid. ╂[apparently Old English blencan deceive] –blench´er, noun …
17blench — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to deceive, blench, from Old English blencan to deceive; akin to Old Norse blekkja to impose on Date: 13th century to draw back or turn aside from lack of courage ; flinch Synonyms: see recoil II.… …
18blench — verb a) to flinch b) to blanch 1934, Henry Miller, tropic of cancer, Harper Perennial (2005), p.283 ‘The seasons are come to a stagnant stop, the trees blench and wither, the wagons role in the mica ruts with slithering harplike thuds.’ See Also …
19Blench — This interesting and unusual name derives from the Olde English blenc meaning a trick or stratagem and was originally applied as a nickname to a rather wily character or artificer. A name of which the first possessor was, no doubt, proud because… …
20blench — I [[t]blɛntʃ[/t]] v. i. to shrink; quail • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE blencan II blench [[t]blɛntʃ[/t]] v. t. to whiten; blanch • Etymology: 1805–15; var. of blanch …
