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blank [blæŋk] adj 1. (of a writing surface) bearing no marks; not written on 2. (of a form, etc.) with spaces left for details to be filled in 3. without ornament or break; unrelieved a blank wall 4. not filled in; empty; void a blank space 5. exhibiting no interest or expression a blank look 6. lacking understanding; confused he looked blank even after the explanations 7. absolute; complete blank rejection 8. devoid of ideas or inspiration his mind went blank in the exam 9. unproductive; barren n 1. an emptiness; void; blank space 2. an empty space for writing in, as on a printed form 3. a printed form containing such empty spaces 4. something characterized by incomprehension or mental confusion my mind went a complete blank 5. a mark, often a dash, in place of a word, esp a taboo word 6. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) short for blank cartridge 7. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a plate or plug used to seal an aperture 8. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a piece of material prepared for stamping, punching, forging, etc 9. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) Archery the white spot in the centre of a target draw a blank a. to choose a lottery ticket that fails to win b. to get no results from something vb (tr)
1. (usually foll by out) to cross out, blot, or obscure 2. Slang to ignore or be unresponsive towards (someone) the crowd blanked her for the first four numbers 3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to forge, stamp, punch, or cut (a piece of material) in preparation for forging, die-stamping, or drawing operations 4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (often foll by off) to seal (an aperture) with a plate or plug 5. (Team Sports / American Football) US and Canadian informal to prevent (an opponent) from scoring in a game [from Old French blanc white, of Germanic origin; related to Old English blanca a white horse] blankly adv blankness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
blank adjective 1. unmarked, white, clear, clean, empty, plain, bare, void, spotless, unfilled, uncompleted He tore a blank page from his notebook. unmarked full, marked, completed, busy, filled in 2. expressionless, empty, dull, vague, hollow, vacant, lifeless, deadpan, straight-faced, vacuous, impassive, inscrutable, inane, wooden, poker-faced (informal) He gave him a blank look. expressionless interested, alert, intelligent, lively, thoughtful, expressive 3. puzzled, lost, confused, stumped, doubtful, baffled, stuck, at sea, bewildered, muddled, mixed up, confounded, perplexed, disconcerted, at a loss, mystified, clueless, dumbfounded, nonplussed, uncomprehending, flummoxed Abbot looked blank. 'I don't follow, sir.' 4. absolute, complete, total, utter, outright, thorough, downright, consummate, unqualified, out and out, unmitigated, unmixed a blank refusal to attend noun 2. void, vacuum, vacancy, emptiness, nothingness, vacuity, tabula rasa Everything was a complete blank. Translations blank [blæŋk] A. ADJ 1. [paper, space etc] → en blanco; [tape] → virgen, sin grabar; [wall] → liso, sin adorno the screen went blank → se fue la imagen de la pantalla 2. [expression etc] → vacío, vago a blank look → una mirada vacía or vaga a look of blank amazement → una mirada de profundo asombro when I asked him he looked blank → cuando se lo pregunté se quedó mirando con una expresión vaga my mind went blank → se me quedó la mente en blanco 3. (= unrelieved) in a state of blank despair → en un estado de desesperación total B. N D. CPD blank cartridge N → cartucho m de fogueo blank cheque, blank check (US) N → cheque m en blanco to give sb a blank cheque → dar a algn un cheque en blanco (fig) → dar carta blanca a algn (to para) blank verse N → verso m blanco or suelto blank out VT + ADV [+ feeling, thought] → desechar blank [ˈblæŋk] adj [sheet, page] → blanc*(blanche) [cassette] → vierge [mind] My mind went blank.; My mind was a blank → J'ai eu un trou., J'ai eu un trou de mémoire., J'ai eu un blanc. [look] → sans expression, dénué(e) d'expression to look blank → avoir l'air déconcerté(e), avoir l'air ahuri(e) n blank adj (+er) piece of paper, page, wall → leer; silence, darkness → tief; coin → ungeprägt; blank space → Lücke f; (on form) → freies Feld; (Typ) → Zwischenraum m, → Leerraum m; blank form → Formular(blatt) nt, → Vordruck m; please leave blank (on form) → bitte frei lassen or nicht ausfüllen (= expressionless) face, look → ausdruckslos; (= stupid) → verständnislos; (= puzzled) → verdutzt, verblüfft; he looked at me with blank incomprehension → er sah mich völlig verständnislos an; to look blank (= expressionless) → eine ausdruckslose Miene aufsetzen; (= stupid) → verständnislos dreinschauen; (= puzzled) → ein verdutztes Gesicht machen; he just looked blank or gave me a blank look → er guckte mich nur groß an (inf); my mind or I went blank → ich hatte Mattscheibe (inf), → ich hatte ein Brett vor dem Kopf (inf); sorry, I’ve gone blank (inf) → tut mir leid, aber ich habe totale Mattscheibe (inf) (= empty) life etc → unausgefüllt, leer; these blank and characterless house fronts → diese nackten, charakterlosen Fassaden n (in document) → freier Raum, leere Stelle; (= blank document) → Vordruck m, → Formular nt; (= gap) → Lücke f (in a target) → Scheibenmittelpunkt m (= domino) → Blank nt vt (= ignore) person → ignorieren blank: blank book n → Notizbuch nt blank cartridge n → Platzpatrone f blank CD n (Comput) → Rohling m blank [blæŋk] 1. adj (paper, space) → bianco/a; (wall) → cieco/a; (empty, expression) → vacuo/a; (look) → distratto/a a look of blank amazement → uno sguardo allibito my mind went blank → ho avuto un vuoto 2. n (void) → vuoto; (in form) → spazio in bianco; (blank cartridge) → cartuccia a salve his mind was a blank → si sentiva la testa vuota to draw a blank (fig) → non aver nessun risultato blank [blæŋk] adj blank [blӕŋk] 1 (of paper) without writing or marks a blank sheet of paper. onbeskrewe أبْيَض، خالٍ من الكِتابَةِ неизписан čistý, nepopsaný blank leer άγραφος (για χαρτί) en blanco puhas سفید؛ ننوشته tyhjä blanc, vierge דַף רֵיק कोरा neispunjen üres kosong auður bianco 白紙の 백지의 tuščias, švarus tukšs; neaprakstīts; neaizpildīts kertas kosong onbeschreven blank, tom czysty, pusty em branco gol пустой; неисписанный čistý nepopisan prazan blank, tom ว่างเปล่า boş, yazısız 空白的 пустий; несписаний خالی để trắng 空白的 2 expressionless a blank look. verblufte, verbouereerde غير مُعَبِّر безизразен prázdný tom; blank ausdruckslos ανέκφραστος vacío, inexpresivo tühi بی علاقه؛ بی احساس ilmeetön vide חֲסַר הַבָּעָה भावनाशून्य bezizražajan kifejezéstelen hampa sviplaus vuoto 無表情 무표정한 bereikšmis tukšs; truls pandangan kosong wezenloos uttrykksløs, tom bez wyrazu vazio gol; inexpresiv бессмысленный; тупой prázdny brezizrazen bezizražajan tom, uttryckslös ไม่แสดงความรู้สึก ifadesiz, boş 漠然的,面無表情的 безвиразний; безтямний کورا ، حیران پریشان vô cảm 茫然的 3 (of a wall) having no door, window etc. leemte بِدون بابٍ أو شُبّاك сляп, зазидан slepý blank blank χωρίς πόρτες ή παράθυρα (για τοίχο) liso lage بی در و پیکر tyhjä seinä aveugle חָלָק नंगी दीवार prazan üres tanpa pintu/jendela blind- cieco 窓や扉のない (창, 문 등이) 없는 aklinas (par sienu) akla lapang blind blind- pusty,ślepy liso gol сплошной slepý brez odprtin prazan kal (กำแพง) ที่ไม่มีประตูหน้าต่าง boş 沒有門窗的(牆壁) незабудований کسی دروازے کھڑکی کے بغیر trống không 没有(门)窗的墙 n 1 (in forms etc) a space left to be filled (with a signature etc) Fill in all the blanks! leemtes فَراغ празнина prázdné místo rubrik; tomme felter die Lücke κενό espacio en blanco lünk جای خالی täytettävä kohta espace (à remplir) טוֹפֶס רֵיק रिक्तस्थान praznina nyomtatvány ruang kosong eyða spazio (vuoto) 書き込み用紙 빈칸 tuščia vieta, tarpas tukša/neaizpildīta vieta (tekstā) tempat kosong lege plek rubrikk, tom plass luka espaço spaţiu (de completat) незаполненное место voľné miesto prazno polje praznina lucka, tomrum ช่องว่าง boşluk (表格等的)空白處 пусте місце پر کرنے والی خالی جگہ chỗ trống 空白 2 a blank cartridge The soldier fired a blank. loskruit خَرْطوشَةٌ خلّبيّـه празен патрон slepá patrona løst krudt die Platzpatrone άσφαιρο cartucho sin bala paukpadrun فشنگ مشقی paukkupanos cartouche à blanc כָּדוּר סרַק खाली ćorak vaktöltény peluru hampa púðurskot cartuccia a salve 空包 공포탄 tuščias šovinys tukša patrona tanpa peluru losse patroon løspatron ślepy nabój cartucho sem bala cartuş orb холостой патрон slepý náboj slepi naboj ćorak lös patron ปลอกกระสุนปืนเปล่า kurusıkı fişek 空包彈 холостий патрон خالی کارتوس đạn không nạp chì 空包弹 adv blankly with a blank expression He looked at me blankly. wesenloos بِدون تَعْبير، بانْشِداه безизразно neurčitě, nepřítomně, bez výrazu udtryksløst; tomt ausdruckslos ανέκφραστα inexpresivamente, sin expresión tühja pilguga بدون هیچ کلامی tyhjästi sans expression מַבָּט בּוֹהֶה भावशून्य दृष्टि से bezizražajno üresen tanpa perasaan tómlega, með svipleysi in modo assente, privo d'espressione 無表情に 멍하니 bereikšmiu žvilgsniu vienaldzīgi; truli dengan pandangan kosong wezenloos uttrykksløst, tomt bez wyrazu estupidamente бессмысленно; тупо bezvýrazne brez izraza bezizražajno tomt, uttryckslöst ไม่แสดงความรู้สึก ifadesiz bir şekilde, boş boş 漠然地 безтямно خاموشی ، سپاٹ ngây ra 茫然地 n blankness wesenloosheid عَدم تَعْبير، انْشِداه пустота neurčitost, bezvýraznost tomhed die Leere άδεια έκφραση, αμηχανία vacío tühjus (pilgus) سفیدی؛ فقدان بیان ilmeettömyys vide (du regard) רֵיקָנוּת रिक्तता, शून्यता bjelina üresség kekosongan tómleiki, svipleysi vacuità; aria assente 空白 무표정 tuštuma, bereikšmiškumas tukšums; trulums kekosongan wezenloosheid uttrykksløshet, tomhet zakłopotanie, pustka (w głowie) vazio goliciune пустота bezvýraznosť brezizraznost bezizražajnost tomhet ความว่างเปล่า boşluk, anlamsızlık 空白 порожнеча, пустота کورا پن chỗ trống 空白 blank cartridge a cartridge without a bullet. loskruitpatroon خَرْطوشَه بِدون رَصاص празен патрон slepá nábojnice løst krudt die Platzpatrone άσφαιρο φυσίγγι cartucho sin bala paukpadrun فشنگ مشقی paukkupanos cartouche à blanc כָּדוּר סרַק खाली कारतूस slijepi metak vaktöltény peluru hampa púðurskot cartuccia a salve 空包 공포탄 tuščias šovinys tukša patrona katrij kosong losse patroon løspatron ślepy nabój cartucho cartuş orb холостой патрон slepý náboj slepi naboj ćorak lös patron ปลอกกระสุนปืนเปล่า kurusıkı fişek, boş mermi 空包彈 холостий патрон بغیر گولی کی کارتوس vỏ đạn không có chì 空包弹 blank cheque a signed cheque on which the sum to be paid has not been entered. blanko شيك على بَياض чек с непопълнена сума bianko šek blankocheck der Blankocheck ανοιχτή επιταγή cheque en blanco blankotšekk چک سفید avoin shekki chèque en blanc צֶ'ק פָּתוּחַ सादा चैक bjanko-mjenica biankó csekk cek kosong óútfylltur tékki assegno in bianco 白地式小切手 백지 수표 neužpildytas čekis neaizpildīts čeks cek kosong blanco cheque blankosjekk; carte blanche czek in blanco cheque em branco cec în alb чек на предъявителя bianko šek bianko menica blanko ček blankocheck เช็คที่ไม่ได้เติมจำนวนเงิน açık çek 空白支票 незаповнений чек خالی چیک séc khống 空白支票 go blank to become empty My mind went blank when the police questioned me. geheue was skoon weg يُصْبِحُ فارغا изпразвам (се) mít okno tabe tråden; klappen går ned es herrscht völlige Leere αδειάζει το μυαλό μου (μτφ.) quedarse en blanco, no recordar nada meelest/peast pühitud olema فراموش کردن؛ پاک شدن tyhjentyä avoir un trou לְהִתרוֹקֵן भूल जाना isprazniti kihagy menjadi kosong tæmast avere la testa vuota うつろになる 텅 비다 aptemti (par prātu) aptumšoties; neatcerēties fikiran kosong een gat in zijn geheugen krijgen bli tom; få jernteppe poczuć pustkę w głowie, zaćmić się ficar vazio a se goli получить провал памяти mať okno imeti (spominsko) luknjo stati bli tom i huvudet ว่างเปล่า boşalmak, boş olmak 完全淨空 вилетіти з голови خالی الذہن ہونا trống trơn 全忘了 blank → أبيض, فارغ mezera, prázdný blank, mellemrum leer, Leere κενό, κενός en blanco, espacio en blanco tyhjä, tyhjä kohta vide prazan, praznina spazio vuoto, vuoto 白紙の, 空欄 공백, 빈 blanco, leegte blank, tomrom puste miejsce, pusty em branco, espaço vazio бланк, пустой tom, tom yta ช่องว่าง, ว่าง boş, boşluk chỗ trống, để trống 空白, 空白的 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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