blanch vs fade

blanch

verb
  • To cause to turn aside or back. 

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

  • 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 

fade

verb
  • To cause to fade. 

  • To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. 

  • To hit the ball with the shot called a fade. 

  • To bet against. 

  • To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. 

  • To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. 

noun
  • A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade. 

  • The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure. 

  • A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed). 

  • A fight. 

  • A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song). 

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