blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
branch | (noun) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | Synonyms: arm, limb |
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(noun) a division of some larger or more complex organization | Synonyms: arm, subdivision |
(noun) a stream or river connected to a larger one | - |
(noun) a natural consequence of development | Synonyms: offset, offshoot, outgrowth |
(noun) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant | - |
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: leg, ramification |
(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: ramify |
cranch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: craunch, crunch, grind |
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dibranch | (noun) cephalopods having two gills | Synonyms: dibranchiate, dibranchiate mollusk |
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elasmobranch | (noun) any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates | Synonyms: selachian |
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lamellibranch | (adjective) bivalve | Synonyms: pelecypod, pelecypodous |
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(noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: bivalve, pelecypod |
nudibranch | (noun) any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body | Synonyms: sea slug |
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ranch | (noun) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | Synonyms: cattle farm, cattle ranch, spread |
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(verb) manage or run a ranch | - |
scranch | (verb) make a crushing noise | Synonyms: crackle, crunch, scraunch |
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stanch | (verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: halt, staunch, stem |
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