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blanken

blanken verb: to make or become blank.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To 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

Proper noun capitalized: Blanken

Blanken (plural Blankens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of blanken

Verb
third-person singular presentblankens
present participleblankening
past participleblankened
pastblankened
Proper noun
pluralBlankens

Origin of blanken

From blank + -en.

Questions about blanken

What does blanken mean?
Blanken means to make or become blank.
What part of speech is blanken?
Blanken can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of blanken?
The past tense of blanken is blankened.

Words near blanken in the dictionary

  1. blankbooks
  2. blanke
  3. blanked
  4. blanked on
  5. blanked out
  6. blanken
  7. Blankenburg
  8. Blankenburg (Harz)
  9. Blankenburgs
  10. blankened
  11. Blankenese

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