BLANCHING

To grow or become white

"His cheek blanched with fear."

To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach

"Age has blanched his hair."

To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.

To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.

To cause to turn aside or back.

"to blanch a deer"

To use evasion.

The act by which something is blanched.