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Meaning of 'blank' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Blank [ a.]
- Of a white or pale color; without color.
- 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.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
- 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.
- Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant.
- Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
2 . Blank [ n.]
- Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
- 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.
- 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.
- The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
- Aim; shot; range.
- 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.
- A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
- A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."
3 . Blank [ v. t.]
- To make void; to annul.
- To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.

Meaning of 'blank' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . blank [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
Example in sentence:
  • he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
2 . blank [ s]
Meaning (2):
- not charged with a bullet
Example in sentence:
  • a blank cartridge
Meaning (3):
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
Example in sentence:
  • a clean page;
  • blank pages;
  • fill in the blank spaces;
  • wide white margins
Meaning (4):
- complete and absolute
Example in sentence:
  • blank stupidity;
  • utter seriousness
Meaning (5):
- without comprehension
Example in sentence:
  • When I called her name, she gave me a blank look, as though she didn't know me