побели́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• blanch verb To turn pale or white.
• whiten verb To make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
• whitewash noun A cheap white paint made from lime or chalk mixed with water, used to coat walls and fences.

Senses

побели́ть is used for these senses in English:

• blanch (transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
• whiten (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

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.

whiten — full definition

1. verb To make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
2. verb To make a repeated block cipher more secure by mixing the data with parts of the key at each round.
3. verb To adjust data so that its variables are no longer correlated and each has the same variance.

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