blanken

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verb

To make or become blank

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Meanings

blanken1

verbblanken (third-person singular simple present blankens, present participle blankening, simple past and past participle blankened)

present singular third person blankens · participle present blankening · participle past blankened · past blankened

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become blank

    I asked Obdulia if she weren't afraid of the police. Her face blankened. "Oh, I never saw the witch, senor," she said.

    1949, House in the Sun, page 167

Blanken2

proper nounBlanken (plural Blankens)

plural Blankens

  1. A surname.

Origin

From blank + -en.

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Cite this entry
APA

blanken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blanken

MLA

“blanken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blanken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blanken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blanken.

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