blench
/blɛnt͡ʃ/ · noun
Meaning
- A deceit; a trick.
- A sidelong glance.
- To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
- (of the eye) To quail.
- To deceive; cheat.
- To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
- To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
- To fly off; to turn aside.
- To blanch.
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