Blank

English Meaning

Of a white or pale color; without color.

1. Devoid of writing, images, or marks: a blank page; a blank screen.
2. Containing no information; unrecorded or erased: a blank tape; a blank diskette.
3. Not completed or filled in: a blank questionnaire.
4. Not having received final processing; unfinished: a blank key.
5. Lacking expression; expressionless: "Although his gestures were elaborate, his face was blank” ( Nathanael West). See Synonyms at empty.
6. Appearing or seeming to appear dazed or confused: greeted me with a blank stare.
7. Devoid of thought or impression: a blank mind.
8. Devoid of activity, interest, or distinctive character; empty: tried to fill the blank hours of the day.
9. Absolute; complete: a blank refusal.
10. An empty space or place; a void: During the exam my mind was a blank.
11. An empty space on a document to be filled in.
12. A document with one or more such spaces.
13. A manufactured article of a standard shape or form that is ready for final processing, as by stamping or cutting: a key blank.
14. A blank cartridge.
15. Something worthless, such as a losing lottery ticket.
16. A mark, usually a dash (—), indicating the omission of a word or of a letter or letters.
17. The white circle in the center of a target; a bull's-eye.
18. To remove, as from view; obliterate: "At times the strong glare of the sun blanked it from sight” ( Richard Wright).
19. To block access to: blank off a subway tunnel.
20. Sports To prevent (an opponent) from scoring.
21. To punch or stamp from flat stock, especially with a die.
22. To become abstracted. Often used with out: My mind blanked out for a few seconds.
23. To fail to find or remember something: I blanked when asked the name of our mayor.
24. To fade away: The music gradually blanked out.