blench

v. i.

[imp. & p. p. Blenched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blenching.]
[OE. blenchen to blench, elude, deceive, AS. blencan to deceive; akin to Icel. blekkja to impose upon. Prop. a causative of blink to make to wink, to deceive. See Blink, and cf. 3d Blanch.]

1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

Blench not at thy chosen lot.

Bryant.

This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment.

Jeffrey.

2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]

Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.

Shak.

Blench
v. t.

1. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.]

Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further.

Sir T. More.

2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.]

He now blenched what before he affirmed.

Evelyn.

Blench
n.

A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]

These blenches gave my heart another youth.

Shak.

Blench
v. i. & t.

[See 1st Blanch.]
To grow or make pale. Barbour.

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verb

To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust: cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, start, wince. See approach/retreat, seek/avoid.

IN BRIEF: v. - Turn pale, as if in fear.

Tutor's tip: He boiled water to "blanch" the almonds, then saw her "blench" (flinch) when the water spilled.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: turn pale, as if in fear
  Synonyms: pale, blanch

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - blegne, skælve

idioms:

• blench at    vige tilbage for

2.
v. tr. - vige tilbage
v. intr. - blege, afblege

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugdeinzen

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - fléchir, sursauter, tressaillir

idioms:

• blench at    sursauter à

2.
v. tr. - blanchir (des légumes, etc), blanchir (un métal), ébouillanter (des amandes, etc) pour les peler, faire pâlir
v. intr. - blêmir, pâlir

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - zurückschrecken, zurückweichen, zurückscheuen

idioms:

• blench at    zurückschrecken vor

2.
v. - erbleichen, bleichen, bleich werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δειλιάζω, κωλώνω

idioms:

• blench at    δειλιάζω μπροστά σε

Italiano (Italian)
rifuggire

idioms:

• blench at    rifuggire da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - recuar

idioms:

• blench at    empalidecer

Русский (Russian)
уклоняться, отступать

idioms:

• blench at    отступать от

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - retroceder, echarse atrás, pestañear, acobardarse

idioms:

• blench at    arredrarse ante, retroceder ante

2.
v. tr. - blanquear
v. intr. - blanquearse, hacer un blanqueo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - studsa, blunda för

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
畏缩, 回避

idioms:

• blench at    害怕...

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 畏縮, 回避

idioms:

• blench at    害怕...

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 움찔하다

idioms:

• blench at    피하다, 외면하다

2.
v. tr. - ~을 희게 하다, 창백하게 하다
v. intr. - 희어지다, 창백해지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ひるむ, 避ける, 見て見ぬふりをする, 白くなる

idioms:

• blench at    ～にたじろぐ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أجفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נרתע מפחד‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה ללבן‬
v. intr. - ‮הלבין, החוויר‬

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