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Definition of Blank

1. Noun. A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing. "He said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"

2. Verb. Keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning.

3. Adjective. (of a surface) not written or printed on. "Wide white margins"

4. Noun. A blank gap or missing part.

5. Adjective. Void of expression. "A blank stare"

6. Noun. A piece of material ready to be made into something.

7. Adjective. Not charged with a bullet. "A blank cartridge"

8. Noun. A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet.

Definition of Blank

1. a. Of a white or pale color; without color.

2. n. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.

3. v. t. To make void; to annul.

Definition of Blank

1. Adjective. Without color; lacking characteristics which give variety. ¹

2. Adjective. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot. ¹

3. Adjective. Without expression. ¹

4. Noun. A bullet that does not harm; a cartridge inserted into a gun that fires no projectile. ¹

5. Noun. A void space on a paper. ¹

6. Noun. A space to be filled in on a form or template. ¹

7. Noun. (archaic) 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. ¹

8. Noun. (engineering) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. ¹

9. Noun. (context: dominoes) 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. ¹

10. Noun. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To make void; to erase. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive slang) To ignore. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To prevent from scoring, as in a sporting event. ¹

14. Verb. (intransitive) To become blank. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blank

1. empty [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: empty

Medical Definition of Blank

1. 1. Of a white or pale colour; without colour. "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." "The blank . . . Glance of a half returned consciousness." (G. Eliot) 7. Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror. Blank bar, a tire without a flange. Blank tooling. See Blind tooling, under Blind. Blank verse. See Verse. Blank wall, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead wall. Origin: 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. 98. See Blink, and cf. 1st Blanch. 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. "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. 8. A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts. 9. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blank

blandiloquent blandiloquently blandiose blandish blandished blandisher blandishers blandishes blandishing blandishments

blandly blandness blandnesses blands blank (current term) blank canvas blank canvases blank check blank check company blank checks

blank cheque blank cheques blank end blank ends blank out blank shell blank space

Literary usage of Blank

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The carriage shaft shackle blank, so formed between dies that the body b of the blank U curved, substantially as herein shown and described. 2. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Where the printed form of a bond, with Its blank spaces, was signed by a surety and delivered to the principal, with authority to rill the blanks and ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"Slate Duck blank-Books, Belter paper than any other Duck Books made. Full Sheep blank-Books ... Russia Ends and Bands blank-Book Good paper, strongly bound. ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The carriage shaft shackle blank, so formed between dies that the body b of the blank U curved, substantially as herein shown and described. 2. ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Where the printed form of a bond, with Its blank spaces, was signed by a surety and delivered to the principal, with authority to rill the blanks and ..."

6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"Slate Duck blank-Books, Belter paper than any other Duck Books made. Full Sheep blank-Books ... Russia Ends and Bands blank-Book Good paper, strongly bound. ..."

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