blanch
/blɑːnt͡ʃ/ verb C2- To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
- To cause to turn aside or back. · to blanch a deer
- To use evasion.
He/she/it blanches · Past blanched · Past participle blanched · -ing form blanching
Verb forms
- Base form
- blanch
- He/she/it
- blanches
- Past
- blanched
- Past participle
- blanched
- -ing form
- blanching
From the library
Villefort would probably have rather stood opposite the muzzle of a pistol at five-and-twenty paces than have heard this name spoken; but he did not blanch.
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