blank

White or pale; without colour.

To the blanc Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

blank paper

a blank check

Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness

Not a cloud in the blank blue sky.

Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.

a blank refusal to cooperate

There was a look of blank terror on his face.

Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.

Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.

A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .

Whosoeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent, he shulde haue a blanke of Fraunce.

A nonplus [16th century].

The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .

Des. […] And stood within the blank of his displeasure / For my free speech! (Act III, scene 11)

Kent. See better, Lear, and let me still remain / The true blank of thine eye. (Act I, scene 2)

A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].

[…] and in Fortune's Lottery lies / A heap of Blanks, like this, for one ſmall Prize.

An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .

Write your answers in the blanks.

To make void; to erase.

I blanked out my previous entry.

To ignore (a person) deliberately.

She blanked me for no reason.

Taylor Swift goes viral for blanking Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 […] Taylor Swift received backlash for being 'disrespectful' by 'ignoring' Celine Dion while accepting the award for Album of the Year at the Grammys on Sunday.

To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.

At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.

To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.

The team was blanked.

England blanks Wales to advance to the final.

To become blank.

In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does blank at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance.