Definition of blenches Blenches

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blenches, verb, present, 3rd person singular of blench (infinitive).

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Verb
blench - turn pale, as if in fear
		pale, blanch
		discolour, discolor, color, colour change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"

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blench (Noun)
A deceit; a trick.
blench (Noun)
A sidelong glance.
blench (Verb)
To shrink; start back; give way ; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
blench (Verb)
To deceive; cheat.
blench (Verb)
To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
blench (Verb)
To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

blench (v. i.)
To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
blench (v. i.)
To fly off; to turn aside.
blench (v. t.)
To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.
blench (v. t.)
To draw back from; to deny from fear.
blench (n.)
A looking aside or askance.
blench (v. i. & t.)
To grow or make pale.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

blench
blensh, v.i. to shrink or start back: to flinch. [From root of Blink.]
blench
blensh, adj. or adv. based on the payment of a nominal yearly duty.—Also Blanch. [See Blank.]

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blench, verb, present, 1st person singular of blench (infinitive).
blench, verb (infinitive).

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