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      blank
      noun
      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 is to be settled in committee .
      (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in 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.
      (Scrabble, Words With Friends) A tile that can be played as any letter and having a point value of zero.
      (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.
      (firearms) Ellipsis of blank cartridge [since the 19th century].
      (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].
      (chiefly dated) Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.
      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, informal) To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)
      adjective
      Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
      (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
      Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
      (figurative) Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
      Utterly confounded or discomfited.
      Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
      Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
      (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
      (archaic) White or pale; without colour.
      Roots
      blancblank- · Old French · white, shining
      Synonyms for blank
      emptyadjwhiteadjvoidnemptinessnspacenvacuousadjexpressionlessadjvacantadjfeaturelessadjnothingnessndevoidadj
      Words related to blank
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