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Definition of 'Blank' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) blank
having no marks; not written or printed on:
blank pages.

2.  blank
not filled in:
a blank check.

3.  blank
unrelieved or unbroken by ornament or opening:
a blank wall.

4.  blank
containing no recorded sound or images:
blank tape.

5.  blank
void of interest or variety:
to pass blank days at the beach.

6.  blank
expressionless:
a blank look on her face.

7.  blank
nonplussed:
He looked blank when I asked for his ticket.

8.  blank
complete; utter:
blank stupidity.

9.  blank
Archaic. colorless.

10. (n.) blank
a place where something is lacking; void or gap.

11.  blank
a space in a printed form, test, etc., to be filled in.

12.  blank
a printed form containing such spaces.

13.  blank
a dash put in place of an omitted letter or letters, esp. to avoid writing a word considered profane or obscene.

14.  blank
a piece of metal ready to be drawn, pressed, or machined into a finished object.

15. (v.t.) blank
to keep (an opponent) from scoring in a game.

16.  blank
to stamp or punch out of flat stock, as with a die.

17.  blank
to cross out or delete:
to blank out an entry.

18.  blank
to suffer a loss of memory or concentration.

19.  blank
to be unsuccessful:
to draw a blank in an investigation.

20.  blank
to fail to comprehend or remember:
I drew a blank on her name.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME < AF, OF blanc white < Gmc)

Definition of 'Blank' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) space, blank
a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
"he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"

2. (noun) lacuna, blank
a blank gap or missing part

3. (noun) blank
a piece of material ready to be made into something

4. (adj) blank, dummy, blank shell
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

5. (adj) blank, clean, white
(of a surface) not written or printed on
"blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

6. (adj) blank, vacuous
void of expression
"a blank stare"

7. (verb) blank
not charged with a bullet
"a blank cartridge"

8. (verb) blank
keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning


Definition of 'Blank' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) blank
without writing or pictures
a blank piece of paper

2.  blank
without anything recorded on it
a blank CD

3.  blank
showing no expression or comprehension
Her eyes looked blank.

4.  blank
go blank
to suddenly be unable to remember or think
I looked at the first question and went blank.

5.  blank
(of screen) to stop showing images
The computer screens went blank.; the blankness of the gray sky; the blankness of her expression

6. (noun) blank
the space on a page to fill with writing
Write your name in the blank.

7.  blank
fill in the blanks
to write answers in spaces provided on a test


Definition of 'Blank' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Blank
of a white or pale color; without color

2. (adj) Blank
free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot

3. (adj) Blank
utterly confounded or discomfited

4. (adj) Blank
empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day

5. (adj) Blank
lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness

6. (adj) Blank
lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant

7. (adj) Blank
absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror

8. (noun) Blank
any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void

9. (noun) Blank
a lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated

10. (noun) Blank
a paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form

11. (noun) Blank
a paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc

12. (noun) Blank
the point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed

13. (noun) Blank
aim; shot; range

14. (noun) Blank
a kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence

15. (noun) Blank
a piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts

16. (noun) Blank
a piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."

17. (verb) Blank
to make void; to annul

18. (verb) Blank
to blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse


Translation of 'Blank' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of paper) without writing or marks
a blank sheet of paper.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onbeskrewe Arabic flag Arabic: أبْيَض، خالٍ من الكِتابَة Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неизписан
Brazilian flag Brazilian: em branco Czech flag Czech: čistý, nepopsaný German flag German: leer
Danish flag Danish: blank Greek flag Greek: άγραφος (για χαρτί) Spanish flag Spanish: en blanco
Estonian flag Estonian: puhas Farsi flag Farsi: سفید؛ ننوشته Finnish flag Finnish: tyhjä
French flag French: blanc, vierge Hebrew flag Hebrew: דַף רֵיק Hindi flag Hindi: कोरा
Croatian flag Croatian: neispunjen Hungarian flag Hungarian: üres Indonesian flag Indonesian: kosong
Icelandic flag Icelandic: auður Italian flag Italian: bianco Japanese flag Japanese: 白紙の
Korean flag Korean: 백지의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tuščias, švarus Latvian flag Latvian: tukšs; neaprakstīts; neai
Malay flag Malay: kertas kosong Dutch flag Dutch: onbeschreven Norwegian flag Norwegian: blank, tom
Polish flag Polish: czysty, pusty Persian flag Persian: سفید؛ ننوشته Pashto flag Pashto: سپین
Portuguese flag Portuguese: em branco Romanian flag Romanian: gol Russian flag Russian: пустой; неисписанный
Slovak flag Slovak: čistý Slovenian flag Slovenian: nepopisan Serbian flag Serbian: prazan
Swedish flag Swedish: blank, tom Thai flag Thai: ว่างเปล่า Turkish flag Turkish: boş, yazısız
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 空白的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пустий; несписаний Urdu flag Urdu: خالی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: để trắng Chinese flag Chinese: 空白的

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