| blank | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. blank, space | a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing.; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" |
| ~ grapheme, graphic symbol, character | a written symbol that is used to represent speech.; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. blank, lacuna | a blank gap or missing part. |
| ~ crack, gap | a narrow opening.; "he opened the window a crack" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. blank | a piece of material ready to be made into something. |
| ~ flat solid, sheet | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. blank, blank shell, dummy | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet. |
| ~ cartridge | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun. |
| v. (social) | 5. blank | keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning. |
| ~ prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| adj. | 6. blank, clean, white | (of a surface) not written or printed on.; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" |
| ~ empty | holding or containing nothing.; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" |
| adj. | 7. blank, vacuous | void of expression.; "a blank stare" |
| ~ incommunicative, uncommunicative | not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions. |
| adj. | 8. blank | not charged with a bullet.; "a blank cartridge" |
| ~ unloaded | (of weapons) not charged with ammunition.; "many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded" |
| nil | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo | a quantity of no importance.; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" |
| ~ relative quantity | a quantity relative to some purpose. |
| ~ nihil | (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ).; "nihil habet" |
| ~ bugger all, fanny adams, fuck all, sweet fanny adams | little or nothing at all.; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" |
| zero | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. 0, cipher, cypher, nought, zero | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. |
| ~ digit, figure | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration.; "0 and 1 are digits" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. zero, zero point | the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured. |
| ~ numerical quantity | a quantity expressed as a number. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. zero | the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing. |
| ~ sight setting | the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions. |
| v. (change) | 4. zero | adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value. |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| v. (change) | 5. zero, zero in | adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun).; "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| adj. | 6. 0, zero | indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration.; "a zero score" |
| ~ cardinal | being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order.; "cardinal numbers" |
| adj. | 7. zero | having no measurable or otherwise determinable value.; "the goal is zero population growth" |
| ~ no | quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of.; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" |
| adj. | 8. zero | indicating an initial point or origin. |
| ~ ordinal | being or denoting a numerical order in a series.; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
| adj. (pertain) | 9. zero | of or relating to the null set (a set with no members). |
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