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verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To forget about.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To leave (a trace of something).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, behind.
- (transitive) To pass.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else).
- be survived by after one's death
- leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- depart and not take along
noun
- (figurative) Something lacking substance.
- Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
- (by extension) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
- A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
- any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
- any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
noun
- (figurative) Something worthless.
- (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
- (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
- (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
- (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
- (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
- The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- (figurative) A low or mean condition.
- (countable) A cloud of dust.
- (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
- (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
- (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
- (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
- free microscopic particles of solid material
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
verb
- (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
- (transitive) To remove dust from.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
- (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
- (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
- (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
- (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
- (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
- (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
- (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
- remove the dust from
- rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
- distribute loosely
- cover with a light dusting of a substance
noun
noun
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
adj
verb
- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
prep
adv
noun
noun
- A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.
- (rare) Synonym of memory leak (“any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable”).
- A fragment of physical address space which does not map to main memory.
phrase
adj
name
noun
- (economics) Initialism of free trade agreement.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of flight test article (such as a test aircraft, a prototype).
- (economics) Initialism of free trade area.
- Initialism of failure to agree.
- Initialism of fault tree analysis.
- Initialism of failure to abate.
- Initialism of failure to appear.
- (computing) Initialism of filetype association.
- Initialism of face-threatening act.
- Initialism of failure to attend.
verb
- (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
- (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
- (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
- (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- forget to do something
- leave behind unintentionally
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- be unable to remember
adj
- (figurative) Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
- (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- not charged with a bullet
- complete and absolute
- without comprehension
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
noun
- A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- (literature) Blank verse .
- (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
- (slang) Infertile semen.
- The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
- The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
- An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
- (dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
- Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form is to be settled in committee .
- (firearms) Ellipsis of blank cartridge [since the 19th century].
- An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
- Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
- (Scrabble, Words With Friends) A tile that can be played as any letter and having a point value of zero.
- A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
- (figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
- (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
- An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
- (electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th 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 .
- a blank gap or missing part
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- a piece of material ready to be made into something
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
verb
- (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
- (intransitive) To become blank.
- (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- (transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
- (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- (intransitive, informal) 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.)
- keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
noun
verb
verb
- (of an actor) To forget one's lines.
- (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
- (intransitive, ambitransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
- (transitive) To cause to become dry.
- (1930s US slang) To stop talking or drop a topic.
- (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
- (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital).
- dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
- lose water or moisture
noun
- (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
- (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.
- (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
- (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- an impudent statement
- inappropriate playfulness
verb
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
noun
noun
- (figurative) Something which obscures.
- (by extension) A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river.
- (figurative) An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood.
- A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.
- (mechanics, chiefly historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
- (ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
- an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
- a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
verb
noun
- (figurative) Something lacking substance.
- Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
- (by extension) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
- A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
- any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
- any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
noun
- (figurative) Something worthless.
- (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
- (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
- (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
- (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
- (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
- The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- (figurative) A low or mean condition.
- (countable) A cloud of dust.
- (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
- (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
- (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
- (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
- free microscopic particles of solid material
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
verb
- (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
- (transitive) To remove dust from.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
- (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
- (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
- (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
- (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
- (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
- (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
- (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
- remove the dust from
- rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
- distribute loosely
- cover with a light dusting of a substance
noun
noun
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
adj
verb
- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
noun
- A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.
- (rare) Synonym of memory leak (“any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable”).
- A fragment of physical address space which does not map to main memory.
noun
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
- (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.
- (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
- (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- an impudent statement
- inappropriate playfulness
noun
- (figurative) Something which obscures.
- (by extension) A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river.
- (figurative) An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood.
- A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.
- (mechanics, chiefly historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
- (ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
- an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
- a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
verb
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To forget about.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To leave (a trace of something).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, behind.
- (transitive) To pass.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else).
- be survived by after one's death
- leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- depart and not take along
verb
- (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
- (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
- (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
- (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- forget to do something
- leave behind unintentionally
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- be unable to remember
verb
- (of an actor) To forget one's lines.
- (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
- (intransitive, ambitransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
- (transitive) To cause to become dry.
- (1930s US slang) To stop talking or drop a topic.
- (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
- (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital).
- dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
- lose water or moisture
verb
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
noun
adj
- (figurative) Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
- (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- not charged with a bullet
- complete and absolute
- without comprehension
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
noun
- A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- (literature) Blank verse .
- (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
- (slang) Infertile semen.
- The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
- The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
- An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
- (dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
- Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form is to be settled in committee .
- (firearms) Ellipsis of blank cartridge [since the 19th century].
- An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
- Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
- (Scrabble, Words With Friends) A tile that can be played as any letter and having a point value of zero.
- A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
- (figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
- (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
- An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
- (electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th 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 .
- a blank gap or missing part
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- a piece of material ready to be made into something
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
verb
- (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
- (intransitive) To become blank.
- (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- (transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
- (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- (intransitive, informal) 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.)
- keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning