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
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; âa great crisisâ; âhad a great stake in the outcomeâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
