English Explanatory Dictionary

blench

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
  2. To 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.
noun
  1. A deceit; a trick.
  2. A sidelong glance.
verb
  1. To blanch.

Pronunciation

/blɛnt͡ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blench.wav

Word forms

blench blenches blenching blenched

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”).

Related words

blench holding unblenching

Derived words

blencher unblenched unblenching
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