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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
blank    Audio Help   [blangk] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb
–adjective
1.(of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
2.not filled in, as a printed form: a blank check.
3.unrelieved or unbroken by ornament, opening, decoration, etc.: a blank wall.
4.lacking some usual or completing feature: a blank roll of film.
5.(of a recording medium) containing no previously recorded information: a blank videocassette; a blank floppy disk. Compare prerecorded.
6.void of interest, variety, results, etc.: She sometimes occupied her blank days reading detective stories.
7.showing no attention, interest, or emotion: a blank expression on his face.
8.disconcerted; nonplussed; speechless: He looked blank when I asked him why he applied for the job.
9.complete; utter; unmitigated: blank stupidity.
10.Archaic. white; pale; colorless.
–noun
11.a place where something is lacking; an empty space: a blank in one's memory.
12.a space in a printed form, test, etc., to be filled in: Write your name in the blank.
13.a printed form containing such spaces: Have you filled out one of these blanks?
14.a dash put in place of an omitted letter, series of letters, etc., esp. to avoid writing a word considered profane or obscene.
15.Metalworking. a piece of metal ready to be drawn, pressed, or machined into a finished object.
16.Archery. the bull's-eye.
17.the object toward which anything is directed; aim; target.
18.blank cartridge.
–verb (used with object)
19.to cross out or delete, esp. in order to invalidate or void (usually fol. by out): to blank out an entry.
20.Informal. to keep (an opponent) from scoring in a game.
21.Metalworking. to stamp or punch out of flat stock, as with a die.
—Idiom
22.draw a blank,
a.to fail in an attempt; be unsuccessful: We've drawn a blank in the investigation.
b.to fail to comprehend or be unable to recollect: He asked me their phone number and I drew a blank.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME (n. and adj.) < AF, F blanc (adj.) < Gmc; cf. OE blanca white horse, OHG blanch bright, white]

—Related forms
blankness, noun

—Synonyms 1–4. See empty. 8. dumfounded, confused, astounded. 9. pure, simple, unadulterated; perfect, absolute, unqualified. 11. void, vacancy, emptiness; gap, lacuna, hiatus.
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Thesaurus Entries (1 more entry. View all »)
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  blank
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  abyss, annul, bare, blind, break, clean, clear, colorless, empty, expression, form, fruitless, frustrate, hollow, idle, muddled, omission, shot, skip, space, vacant, void, scoreless, unfilled
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  empty
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Containing nothing.
Synonyms:  bare, clear, vacant, vacuous, void
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  expressionless
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Lacking expression.
Synonyms:  deadpan, inexpressive, pokerfaced
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Columbia Electronic EncyclopediaCite This Source


blank verse: see pentameter. 
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