"blank" meaning in English

See blank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /blæŋk/ Audio: en-au-blank.ogg [Australia] Forms: blank [positive], blanker [comparative], blankest [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|blank|blanker|blankest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a piece of paper or something else is blank, it has nothing written on it. Synonyms: white, empty, featureless
    Sense id: simple-blank-en-adj-3fTe5dEU

Noun

IPA: /blæŋk/ Audio: en-au-blank.ogg [Australia] Forms: blank [singular], blanks [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A blank is a space or line on a piece of paper or somewhere else where a word or phrase is supposed to be. Synonyms: space
    Sense id: simple-blank-en-noun-QUDIS5JL
  2. A blank is a cartridge that contains gunpowder but does not have a bullet. It used usually used for training or as a signal.
    Sense id: simple-blank-en-noun-bc~sMu9u

Verb

IPA: /blæŋk/ Audio: en-au-blank.ogg [Australia] Forms: blank [canonical], blanks [third-person, singular], blanked [past], blanked [past, participle], blanking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you blank something, you make it empty.
    Sense id: simple-blank-en-verb-yhtD2IoG
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blanked",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "blanking",
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        "If you blank something, you make it empty."
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    },
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        "Australia"
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        "positive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blanker",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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        "superlative"
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        {
          "text": "I asked Bill for a blank piece of paper, but he gave me one with writing on it."
        },
        {
          "text": "I thought he would sign the check, but he left it blank."
        },
        {
          "text": "The computer screen was completely blank because the computer was off."
        }
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        "If a piece of paper or something else is blank, it has nothing written on it."
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          "word": "white"
        },
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          "word": "featureless"
        }
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        "A blank is a cartridge that contains gunpowder but does not have a bullet. It used usually used for training or as a signal."
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      "form": "blanked",
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    {
      "form": "blanked",
      "tags": [
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        "superlative"
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        {
          "text": "I asked Bill for a blank piece of paper, but he gave me one with writing on it."
        },
        {
          "text": "I thought he would sign the check, but he left it blank."
        },
        {
          "text": "The computer screen was completely blank because the computer was off."
        }
      ],
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        "If a piece of paper or something else is blank, it has nothing written on it."
      ],
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          "word": "white"
        },
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          "word": "empty"
        },
        {
          "word": "featureless"
        }
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