Definition of blank Blank
/blæˈŋk/ - [blangk] - blank
We found 45 definitions of blank from 8 different sources.
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What does blank mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: blanks |
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| blank - a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | ||
| dummy, blank shell | ||
| blank - a piece of material ready to be made into something | ||
| 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" | ||
| space | ||
| grapheme, graphic symbol, character (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes | ||
| blank - a blank gap or missing part | ||
| lacuna | ||
Verb |
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| blank - keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning | ||
| prevent, keep stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" | ||
Adjectiveblank, blanker, blankest |
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| blank - void of expression; "a blank stare" | ||
| vacuous | ||
| incommunicative, uncommunicative not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions | ||
| blank - (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" | ||
| clean, white | ||
| empty holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" | ||
| blank - not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- blank (Noun)
A cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a projectile. - blank (Noun)
A void space on a paper. - blank (Noun)
A space to be filled in on a form or template. - blank (Noun)
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. - blank (Noun)
A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. - blank (Noun)
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 (Noun)
The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard. - blank (Verb)
To make void; to erase. - blank (Verb)
To ignore. - blank (Verb)
To prevent from scoring, as in a sporting event. - blank (Verb)
To become blank. - blank (Adjective)
Without color; lacking characteristics which give variety. - blank (Adjective)
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot. - blank (Adjective)
Without expression.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- blank (a.)
Of a white or pale color; without color. - blank (a.)
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. - blank (a.)
Utterly confounded or discomfited. - blank (a.)
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day. - blank (a.)
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. - blank (a.)
Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant. - blank (a.)
Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror. - blank (n.)
Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void. - blank (n.)
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated. - blank (n.)
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. - blank (n.)
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. - blank (n.)
The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed. - blank (n.)
Aim; shot; range. - blank (n.)
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. - blank (n.)
A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. - blank (n.)
A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank." - blank (v. t.)
To make void; to annul. - blank (v. t.)
To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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blangk, adj. without writing or marks, as in white paper: empty, empty of results: vacant, confused: (poetry) not having rhyme.—n. a paper without writing: a lottery-ticket having no mark, and therefore valueless: an empty space, a void, or vacancy: (archery) the white mark in the centre of a target at which an arrow is aimed, hence the object or aim of anything: a form of document having blank spaces afterwards to be filled in.—v.t. to make pale: (Milton) to confuse.—n. Blank′-cart′ridge, a cartridge without a bullet.—p.adj. Blanked, a minced form of damned, from the usual form of printing d——d.—adv. Blank′ly.—ns. Blank′ness; Blank′-verse, verse without rhyme, esp. the heroic verse of five feet. [Fr. blanc, from root of Ger. blinken, to glitter—Old High Ger. blichen, Gr. phlegein, to shine.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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Level line mark for cannon, as point-blank, equal to 800 yards. It was also the term for the white mark in the centre of a butt, at which the arrow was aimed.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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The point of a target at which aim is taken, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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To look blank; to appear disappointed or confounded.
