blanch vs radiate

blanch

verb
  • To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten; 

  • To cause to turn aside or back. 

  • To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining) 

  • To grow or become white. 

  • To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach. 

  • To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. 

  • To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. 

  • To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together 

  • To use evasion. 

  • To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water. 

  • 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 

  • To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding 

radiate

verb
  • To illuminate. 

  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves. 

  • To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography. 

  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner. 

  • To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii. 

  • To emit rays or waves. 

  • to spread into new habitats, migrate. 

noun
  • One of the Radiata. 

adj
  • Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture. 

  • Having radial symmetry, like a seastar. 

  • Belonging to the Radiata. 

  • Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated. 

  • Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers. 

  • Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular. 

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