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{
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{
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"word": "blanched almond"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "blaunchen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blaunchen",
"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "fro",
"3": "blanchir"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "blanc",
"4": "",
"5": "white"
},
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"2": "la-eme",
"3": "blancus"
},
"expansion": "Early Medieval Latin blancus",
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"2": "frk",
"3": "*blank"
},
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},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blankaz",
"4": "",
"5": "bright, shining, blinding, white"
},
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"3": "*bʰleyǵ-",
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"5": "to shine"
},
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"2": "blench",
"3": "",
"4": "to deceive, to trick"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).\nCognates\nCognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.",
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{
"form": "blanches",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "blanching",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blanched",
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]
},
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]
}
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"word": "blanch holding"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "parboil"
}
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His cheek blanched with fear."
},
{
"text": "The rose blanches in the sun."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To grow or become white."
],
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"links": [
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"grow"
],
[
"white",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To grow or become white."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pobeljavam",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "побелявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "verbleken"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "kalveta"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "erbleichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "bánaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "blekne"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blednétʹ",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бледне́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "poblednétʹ",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "побледне́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belétʹ",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "беле́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to grow or become white",
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],
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"_dis1": "87 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "blekna"
}
]
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to blanch linen"
},
{
"text": "Age has blanched his hair."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach."
],
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"(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach."
],
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"transitive"
]
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"name": "Cooking",
"orig": "en:Cooking",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water."
],
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"(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
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"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blanširam",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "бланширам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chāo",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "焯"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "blancheren"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "kaltata"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "monder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "aferventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "blansíroz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "blanszować"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zblanszować"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blanširovátʹ",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "бланширова́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 81 11 1 1 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "blanchera"
}
]
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],
"glosses": [
"To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices"
],
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"(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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"To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together"
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"(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together"
],
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"transitive"
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{
"text": "to blanch almonds"
}
],
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"To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding"
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"(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding"
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izbelvam",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "избелвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "bleken"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "witten"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "valkaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "bánaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belítʹ",
"sense": "to make white",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бели́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobelítʹ",
"sense": "to make white",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "побели́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 34 0 2 1 45 7 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "bleka"
}
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"To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)"
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"(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)"
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"To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin."
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"(intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin."
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{
"text": "c. 1680, John Tillotson, The indispensable necessity of the knowledge of the Holy Scripture\nBlanch over the blackest and most absurd things."
}
],
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"To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;"
],
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"(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;"
],
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{
"word": "palliate"
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}
],
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"ipa": "/blɑːnt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/blænt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːntʃ"
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{
"rhymes": "-æntʃ"
}
],
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1624-39, Sir Henry Wotton, Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (published 1651), page 343",
"text": "I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way."
}
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"To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed."
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"text": "to blanch a deer"
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"To cause to turn aside or back."
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"To use evasion."
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"word": "blanched almond"
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"text": "His cheek blanched with fear."
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"text": "The rose blanches in the sun."
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"text": "to blanch almonds"
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"transitive"
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"To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin."
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[
"iron",
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"(intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin."
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{
"text": "c. 1680, John Tillotson, The indispensable necessity of the knowledge of the Holy Scripture\nBlanch over the blackest and most absurd things."
}
],
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"To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;"
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"word": "palliate"
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"ipa": "/blɑːnt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/blænt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːntʃ"
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{
"rhymes": "-æntʃ"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pobeljavam",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "побелявам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "verbleken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "kalveta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "erbleichen"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "bánaigh"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "blekne"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to grow or become white",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "бледне́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to grow or become white",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to grow or become white",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "беле́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to grow or become white",
"tags": [
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"word": "побеле́ть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to grow or become white",
"word": "blekna"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izbelvam",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "избелвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "bleken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "witten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "valkaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make white",
"word": "bánaigh"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "belítʹ",
"sense": "to make white",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "бели́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make white",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "бланширам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chāo",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "焯"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "blancheren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "kaltata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "blanchir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "monder"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
"word": "aferventar"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
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"sense": "to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water",
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"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "бланширова́ть"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "blanchera"
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"Rhymes:English/æntʃ/1 syllable",
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"ref": "1624-39, Sir Henry Wotton, Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (published 1651), page 343",
"text": "I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way."
}
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{
"text": "to blanch a deer"
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"glosses": [
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]
}
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{
"rhymes": "-æntʃ"
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],
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"args": {
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"Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
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"word": "blan"
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