noun
Meaning 1
A deceit; a trick.
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Standard Lemma guide
blench
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/blɛnt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -ɛntʃ
noun
Meaning 2
A sidelong glance.
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verb
Meaning 3
To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To quail.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To deceive; cheat.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To fly off; to turn aside.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To blanch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 10
turn pale, as if in fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pale, blanch
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Broader terms: discolor, discolour, colour, color
History
Etymology
From Middle English blench and blenchen, from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).
From Old French blanchir (“to bleach”).