bánaigh — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blanch verb To grow or become white.
- depopulate verb To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
- empty adj Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
- whiten verb (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
Senses
bánaigh is used for these senses in English:
- depopulate (transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
- empty (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.
- lay waste (transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
- whiten (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
blanch — full definition
- verb To grow or become white.
- verb To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
- verb To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
- verb 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.
depopulate — full definition
- verb To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
- verb To remove the components from a circuit board.
- verb To become depopulated, to lose its population.