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blench

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As a verb, blench means shrink. As a noun, it means a deceit.

Meanings of blench

10 meanings

verb

  1. To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.

  2. of the eyeTo quail.

  3. To deceive; cheat.

  4. To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.

  5. To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.

  6. To fly off; to turn aside.

  7. Turn pale, as if in fearbody

    Similar: pale, blanch
Older and rare meanings (1)
  1. obsoleteTo blanch.

noun

  1. A deceit; a trick.

  2. A sidelong glance.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: turn pale, as if in fear

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