Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blank
Participle: blanked
Gerund: blanking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blank |
| you | blank |
| he;she;it | blanks |
| we | blank |
| you | blank |
| they | blank |
Perfect
| I | have blanked |
| you | have blanked |
| he;she;it | has blanked |
| we | have blanked |
| you | have blanked |
| they | have blanked |
Past
| I | blanked |
| you | blanked |
| he;she;it | blanked |
| we | blanked |
| you | blanked |
| they | blanked |
Pluperfect
| I | had blanked |
| you | had blanked |
| he;she;it | had blanked |
| we | had blanked |
| you | had blanked |
| they | had blanked |
Future
| I | will blank |
| you | will blank |
| he;she;it | will blank |
| we | will blank |
| you | will blank |
| they | will blank |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blanked |
| you | will have blanked |
| he;she;it | will have blanked |
| we | will have blanked |
| you | will have blanked |
| they | will have blanked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blank |
| you | blank |
| he;she;it | blank |
| we | blank |
| you | blank |
| they | blank |
Perfect
| I | have blanked |
| you | have blanked |
| he;she;it | have blanked |
| we | have blanked |
| you | have blanked |
| they | have blanked |
Imperfect
| I | blanked |
| you | blanked |
| he;she;it | blanked |
| we | blanked |
| you | blanked |
| they | blanked |
Pluperfect
| I | had blanked |
| you | had blanked |
| he;she;it | had blanked |
| we | had blanked |
| you | had blanked |
| they | had blanked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blank |
| you | would blank |
| he;she;it | would blank |
| we | would blank |
| you | would blank |
| they | would blank |
Perfect
| I | would have blanked |
| you | would have blanked |
| he;she;it | would have blanked |
| we | would have blanked |
| you | would have blanked |
| they | would have blanked |
Imperative
| you | blank |
| we | Let's blank |
| you | blank |
Verbs conjugated like 'blank'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blank'
bank,
black,
bland,
blenk,
blink,
brank,
clank,
flank,
lank,
plank,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1230, from O.Fr. blanc "white, shining," from Frank. *blank "white, gleaming," of W.Gmc. origin (cf. O.E. blanca "white horse"), from P.Gmc. *blangkaz, from PIE *bhleg- "to shine" (see bleach). Originally "colorless," meaning "having empty spaces" evolved c.1400. Sense of "void of expression" (a blank look) is from 1553. The noun in the sense of "empty space" (in a document, etc.) is from c.1570.
2. 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.
Sample Sentences
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I blanked out my previous entry.
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She blanked me for no reason.
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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. [2024 February 4, Sonia Horon, “Taylor Swift goes viral for BLANKING Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 after diva emerges from battle with stiff-person syndrome to present her with historic Album of the Year”, in dailymail.co.uk:]
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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.
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The team was blanked.
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England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
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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. [2007 February 14, NASA, “4.5.2 Two-Engine-Out Contingency Software Termination”, in Contingency Aborts 21007/31007, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2022, page 45:]
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I’m blanking on her name right now.
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She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked.