Blench word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "blench" word

[verb] turn pale, as if in fear

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\Blench\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blenching}.] [OE. blenchen to blench, elude, deceive, AS. blencan to deceive; akin to Icel. blekkja to impose upon. Prop. a causative of blink to make to wink, to deceive. See {Blink}, and cf. 3d {Blanch}.] 1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail. Blench not at thy chosen lot. --Bryant. This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment. --Jeffrey. 2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.] Though sometimes you do blench from this to that. --Shak.
\Blench\, v. t. 1. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.] Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. --Sir T. More. 2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.] He now blenched what before he affirmed. --Evelyn.
\Blench\, n. A looking aside or askance. [Obs.] These blenches gave my heart another youth. --Shak.
\Blench\, v. i. & t. [See 1st {Blanch}.] To grow or make pale. --Barbour.

Synonyms for blench

blanch, pale

See also: color | colour | discolor | discolour |

Related terms: ache, agonize, ail, anguish, avoid, blanch, bleach, blink, boggle, cringe, decolor, decolorize, demur, dodge, draw back, duck, evade, fade, fall back, falter, feel pain, feel the pangs, fight shy of, flinch, funk, grimace, hang back, hang off, have a misery, have qualms, hesitate, hold off, hurt, jib, make bones about, pause, pound, pull back, quail, recoil, reel back, retreat, scruple, sheer off, shoot, shrink, shrink back, shy, shy at, sidestep, smart, squinch, start, start aside, start back, stick at, stickle, strain, suffer, swerve, thrill, throb, tingle, turn aside, twinge, twitch, waver, weasel, weasel out, white, wince, writhe

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Let's analyse "blench" as pure text. This string has Six letters in One syllable and One vowel. 16.7% of vowels is 21.9% less then average English word. Written in backwards: HCNELB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1635 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... .-.. . -. -.-. ....

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: blench: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: blench: 2 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 8 = 26, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty

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