A1adjective · common

blank

blank · blanker · blankest

білий, блідий, білошкірий

чистый, пустой, белый, бледный

unbeschrieben, unausgefüllt, ausdruckslos

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

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UK/blænk/US/blæŋk/

» Fill in the blanks.

Füll die leeren Felder aus.

Füllt die Lücken aus.

Füllen Sie die Formularfelder aus.

Заполните пробелы.

Заполните пропуски.

Заполни пропуски.

Заповніть пропуски.

Meaning

9 senses

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
blank paper
a blank check
unbeschrieben, unausgefüllt
чи́стыйčístyj, пусто́йpustój, неиспи́санныйneispísannyj
(figuratively)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.
complete and absolute
(figuratively)Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
a blank glassy look
Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
ausdruckslos
бе́лыйbélyj, бле́дныйblédnyj, бесцве́тныйbescvétnyj
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
a blank day
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
The shock left his memory blank.
Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
The recruits were issued blank rounds for a training exercise.
холосто́йxolostój
(archaic)White or pale; without colour.
without comprehension

Examples

126 sentences

Fill in the blanks.
Заповніть пропуски. — Internecivus
ruЗаполните пробелы. — marafon
deFüll die leeren Felder aus. — Kuraimegami
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom shot Mary point blank.
Том стріляв в Мері в упор. — deniko
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CM · A2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He left the last page blank.
ruОн оставил последнюю страницу пустой. — marafon
deEr hat die letzte Seite frei gelassen. — BraveSentry
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
She handed in a blank test.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom gave Mary a blank stare.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

free from writing, printing or marks:

(archaic) without color:

of ammunition:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

free from writing, printing or marks:

(archaic) without color:

Origin

From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaun

From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.

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