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blednąć — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blanch verb To turn pale or white.
  • fade verb To gradually lose colour, brightness, strength, or intensity.
  • pale adjective Light in colour, or lacking the usual colour, especially in the face.
  • wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

blednąć is used for these senses in English:

  • blanch (intransitive) To grow or become white.
  • blanch (transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
  • fade (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
  • pale (intransitive) To become insignificant.
  • pale in comparison (idiomatic) To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else.
  • wane (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

blanch — full definition

  1. verb To turn pale or white.
  2. verb To remove the colour from something so that it turns white.
  3. verb To cook food quickly in boiling water, then cool it fast in cold water.
  4. verb To make food, especially meat, white on the outside by dipping it briefly in boiling water and then in cold water, sealing in its juices.

fade — full definition

  1. verb To gradually lose colour, brightness, strength, or intensity.
  2. noun A haircut that is shaved very short at the sides and back, blending into longer hair on top.
  3. noun A gradual dimming of picture or sound, often used to end a scene or song.
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