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Synonyms: black, lank, blink, bank, bland, clank, flank, plank, brank, blenk, blanc

Antonyms: black, lank, blink, bank, bland, clank, flank, plank, brank, blenk, blanc

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[white#Adjective|White]] or [[pale#Adjective|pale]]; without [[colour#Noun|colour]].
2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} Lacking characteristics which give variety; [[uniform#Adjective|uniform]].
4. Abject; absolute; complete; [[downright]]; sheer; utter.
5. {{lb|en|figurative}} Without [[expression]], usually because of [[incomprehension]].
6. Utterly [[confounded]] or [[discomfited]].
7. Empty; [[void#Adjective|void]]; without result; [[fruitless]]; [[futile]].
8. Devoid of [[thoughts]], [[memory]], or [[inspiration]].
9. {{lb|en|military}} Of [[ammunition]]: having [[propellant]] but no [[bullet]]s; [[unbulleted]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|archaic|historical|obsolete}} A small French [[coin]], originally of [[silver]], afterwards of [[copper]], worth 5 [[denier]]s; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 [[pence]]. {{defdate|15th–17th century}}
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[nonplus]]. {{def-date|16th century}}
3. The [[white]] [[spot#Noun|spot]] in the [[centre]] of a [[target#Noun|target]]; hence {{lb|en|figuratively}} the [[object#Noun|object]] to which anything is [[directed]] or [[aimed]], the [[range#Noun|range]] of such [[aim#Noun|aim]]. {{defdate|since the 16th century}}
4. A [[lot#Noun|lot]] by which nothing is [[gained]]; a [[ticket#Noun|ticket]] in a [[lottery]] on which no [[prize#Noun|prize]] is [[indicated]]. {{def-date|since the 16th century}}
5. An [[empty#Adjective|empty]] [[space#Noun|space]]; a [[void#Noun|void]], for example on a [[paper#Noun|paper]]. {{defdate|since the 16th century}}
6. {{lb|en|now|chiefly|U.S.}} 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. {{defdate|since the 16th century}}
7. {{lb|en|literature}} [[blank verse|Blank verse]]. {{defdate|since the 16th century}}
8. {{lb|en|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; {{lb|en|coining}} the [[disc]] of [[metal]] before [[stamping]]. {{defdate|since the 16th century}}
9. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[vacant]] space, [[place]], or [[period]]; a void. {{def-date|since the 17th century}}
10. The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a [[grain]]. {{def-date|17th century}}
11. An empty space in one's [[memory]]; a [[forgotten]] item or memory. {{def-date|since the 18th century}}
12. A [[dash]] written in place of an [[omitted]] [[letter]] or [[word]]. {{def-date|since the 18th century}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[void#Adjective|void]]; to [[erase]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[ignore]] (a person) deliberately.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|aviation|of a [[control surface]]}} To render [[ineffective]] by [[blanket]]ing with [[turbulent]] [[airflow]], such as from aircraft [[wake#Noun|wake]] or [[reverse thrust]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To prevent from [[scoring]]; for example, in a [[sporting]] event.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become [[#Adjective|blank]].
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|informal}} To experience a temporary [[lapse#Noun|lapse]] of memory; to be temporarily unable to [[remember]] a particular fact. {{q|Commonly used in the [[first person]], [[present progressive]] tense, and commonly followed by {{m|en|on}} to create a [[transitive]] [[phrasal verb]].}}

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{lb|en|chiefly|dated}} {{non-gloss|Used as an [[anonymous]] [[placeholder]] for a person's name.}}

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