From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blank adj 1: (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank, clean, white] 2: void of expression; "a blank stare" [syn: blank, vacuous] 3: not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge" n 1: a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" [syn: space, blank] 2: a blank gap or missing part [syn: lacuna, blank] 3: a piece of material ready to be made into something 4: a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet [syn: blank, dummy, blank shell] v 1: keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning