blank
IPA: bɫˈæŋk
noun
- (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 .
- (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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- (now chiefly US) 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 .
- An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
- An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
- (literature) Blank verse .
- (mechanics, engineering) A piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
- 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.
- (figurative, in the expression ‘shooting blanks’, sports) 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.
- A surname.
- (chiefly dated) Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.
- (firearms) Short for blank cartridge. [since the 19th century].
verb
- (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- (transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
- (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
- (intransitive) To become blank.
- (intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
adjective
- (archaic) White or pale; without colour.
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
- (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- Absolute; downright; sheer.
- Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
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