EGAVE

blank

About 11.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective White or pale; without colour.
  2. adjective Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
    blank paper
  3. adjective Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
    a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness
  4. adjective Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
    a blank refusal to cooperate
  5. adjective Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
    a blank glassy look
  6. adjective Utterly confounded or discomfited.
  7. adjective Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
    a blank day
  8. adjective Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
    The shock left his memory blank.

Similar words

dummy empty uncommunicative space incommunicative clean unloaded white lacuna blank shell

Often followed by

verse and space spaces in page line to wall

Word family

blanc blancs blank out blanked blanked out blanker blankest blanking blanking out blankly

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