blank, utter
(adjective) complete and absolute; âutter seriousnessâ; âblank stupidityâ
blank, clean, white
(adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on; âblank pagesâ; âfill in the blank spacesâ; âa clean pageâ; âwide white marginsâ
blank
(adjective) not charged with a bullet; âa blank cartridgeâ
blank
(adjective) without comprehension; âWhen I called her name, she gave me a blank look, as though she didnât know meâ
blank, dummy, blank shell
(noun) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
blank
(noun) a piece of material ready to be made into something
lacuna, blank
(noun) a blank gap or missing part
space, blank
(noun) a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; âhe said the space is the most important character in the alphabetâ
blank
(verb) keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blank (comparative blanker or more blank, superlative blankest or most blank)
(archaic) White or pale; without colour.
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
(sports) Scoreless; without any goals or points.
(figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
Absolute; downright; sheer.
Without expression.
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
(military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
blank (plural blanks)
(archaic, historical, obsolete) A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence [15thâ17th century].
(obsolete) A nonplus [16th century].
The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim [since the 16th century].
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
An empty space; a void, for example on a paper [since the 16th century].
A space to be filled in on a form or template.
Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee [since the 19th century].
(now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form [since the 16th century].
An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all [since the 17th century].
(literature) Blank verse [since the 16th century].
(mechanics, engineering) A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping [since the 16th century].
Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
(electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
(figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
The 1 / 230400 of a grain [17th century].
An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
(dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
(firearms) Short for blank cartridge. [since the 19th century].
(figurative, in the expression âshooting blanksâ, sport) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing [since the 20th century].
(chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
(slang) Infertile semen.
• (bullet that doesn't harm): blank cartridge, blank bullet
blank (third-person singular simple present blanks, present participle blanking, simple past and past participle blanked)
(transitive) To make void; to erase.
(transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
(transitive) To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
(intransitive) To become blank.
(intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
• Almost any sense of this can occur with out. See blank out.
Blank
A surname.
(chiefly, dated) Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.
Source: Wiktionary
Blank, a. Etym: [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. Blink, and cf. 1st Blanch.]
1. Of a white or pale color; without color. To the blank moon Her office they prescribed. Milton.
2. 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. Utterly confounded or discomfited. Adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. Milton.
4. Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
5. 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. Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant. "Blank and horror-stricken faces." C. Kingsley. The blank . . . glance of a half returned consciousness. G. Eliot.
7. Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror. Blank bar (Law), a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in an action of trespass to assign the certain place where the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar.
– Blank cartridge, a cartridge containing no ball.
– Blank deed. See Deed.
– Blank door, or Blank window (Arch.), a depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
– Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill.
– Blank line (Print.), a vacant space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.
– Blank tire (Mech.), a tire without a flange.
– Blank tooling. See Blind tooling, under Blind.
– Blank verse. See under Verse.
– Blank wall, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead wall.
Blank, n.
1. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void. I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you. Swift. From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation. Hallam. I was ill. I can't tell how long -- it was a blank. G. Eliot.
2. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated. In Fortune's lottery lies A heap of blanks, like this, for one small prize. Dryden.
3. 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. The freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank. Palfrey.
4. 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.
5. The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed. Let me still remain The true blank of thine eye. Shak.
6. Aim; shot; range. [Obs.] I have stood . . . within the blank of his displeasure For my free speech. Shak.
7. 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. Nares.
8. (Mech.)
Definition: A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
9. (Dominoes)
Definition: A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank." In blank, with an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank.
Blank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanking.] Etym: [Cf. 3d Blanch.]
1. To make void; to annul. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse. [Obs.] Each opposite that blanks the face of joy. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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