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