Definitions for blench
blɛntʃblench

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pale, blanch, blenchverb

   turn pale, as if in fear

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Blenchverb

   To hinder; to obstruct.

   The rebels besieged them, winning the even ground on the top, by carrying up great trusses of hay before them, to blench the defendants sight, and dead their shot. Richard Carew, Survey.

2. To Blenchverb

   To shrink; to start back; to fly off.

   I’ll observe his looks;
   I’ll tent him to the quick; if he but blench,
   I know my course. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Patience herself, what goddess ere she be,
   Doth lesser blench at sufferance than I do. William Shakespeare, Tr. and Cr.

   Hold you ever to our special drift;
   Though sometimes you do blench from this to that,
   As cause doth minister. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blench

   Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is based in Cambridge, England. He researches, publishes, and works as a consultant.

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1. blench

   Blench is a verb that generally refers to two actions: (1) to flinch or recoil from something due to fear, disgust, or pain; or (2) to make a sudden movement of this type. It can also mean to grow pale or turn white out of fear or stress.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blenchverb

   to shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail

2. Blenchverb

   to fly off; to turn aside

3. Blenchverb

   to baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder

4. Blenchverb

   to draw back from; to deny from fear

5. Blenchnoun

   a looking aside or askance

6. Blench

   to grow or make pale

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blench

   blensh, v.i. to shrink or start back: to flinch. [From root of Blink.]

2. Blench

   blensh, adj. or adv. based on the payment of a nominal yearly duty.—Also Blanch. [See Blank.]

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1. • Discolor

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How to pronounce blench?

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   Australian

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How to say blench in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blench in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blench in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blench
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=blench
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blench
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blench
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=blench
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=blench