blank
To make void; to eraseTo make void; to erase.
» Fill in the blanks.
Füll die leeren Felder aus. — Kuraimegami
Füllt die Lücken aus. — Kuraimegami
Füllen Sie die Formularfelder aus. — Kuraimegami
Заполните пробелы. — marafon
Заполните пропуски. — marafon
Заполни пропуски. — marafon
Заповніть пропуски. — Internecivus
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(transitive)To make void; to erase.
I blanked out my previous entry.
стира́тьstirátʹ, стере́тьsterétʹ
(slang, transitive)To ignore (a person) deliberately.
She blanked me for no reason.
(transitive)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.
(transitive)To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
The team was blanked.
England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
(intransitive)To become blank.
(informal, intransitive)To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)
I’m blanking on her name right now.
She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked.
- keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
Examples
126 sentencesFill in the blanks.
Заповніть пропуски. — Internecivus
ruЗаполните пробелы. — marafon
deFüll die leeren Felder aus. — Kuraimegami
Tom shot Mary point blank.
Том стріляв в Мері в упор. — deniko
He left the last page blank.
ruОн оставил последнюю страницу пустой. — marafon
deEr hat die letzte Seite frei gelassen. — BraveSentry
She handed in a blank test.
Tom gave Mary a blank stare.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunFrom 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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Forms
blanks, blanking, blanked, blankedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle