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to fail to remember something: He said we'd met before, but I just drew a blank (= I did not remember him).
- What is blank drawing?
- What is a synonym for drawn a blank?
- How do you use drawing in a sentence?
- What is the meaning of the idiom to look blank?
- What does drawing a line mean?
- What is another word for drawing out?
- What is another word for drawn-out?
- What means drawn-out?
- What is drawing in grammar?
- What is drawing with example?
- How do you use draw a line in a sentence?
- How do you use blank in a sentence?
- What does it mean to get blank?
- What does it mean to be a blank canvas?
- What are the 3 types of drawing?
- What is blank example?
- What is blanking and deep drawing?
- What is blank in deep drawing process?
What is blank drawing?
Fail to find or remember something, as in He looks familiar but I've drawn a blank on his name. This expression alludes to drawing a lottery ticket with nothing on it (so one cannot win a prize). [ Early 1800s]
What is a synonym for drawn a blank?
Words related to draw a blank
pass out, blow, obliterate, collapse, crap out, swoon, zone out, disremember, lose sight of, misrecollect.
How do you use drawing in a sentence?
Use “drawing” in a sentence
He always feels confident about his capacity of drawing. I'm not very good at drawing. She made a drawing of the house.
What is the meaning of the idiom to look blank?
Be expressionless, appear dumbstruck or overwhelmed. For example, When I asked her how to get to the hospital, she looked blank. [
What does drawing a line mean?
to put a limit on what you will do or allow to happen, esp. because you feel something is wrong: I'll do whatever my company asks me to, but I draw the line when someone asks me to lie for them.
What is another word for drawing out?
Alternate Synonyms for "draw out":
educe; evoke; elicit; extract; interpret; construe; see. aspirate; suck out; remove; take; take away; withdraw. pull out; pull; pull up; take out.
What is another word for drawn-out?
synonyms for drawn-out
Compare Synonyms. lengthy. protracted. dragged out. dragging.
What means drawn-out?
lasting longer than is usual or necessary: This dispute has been a long drawn-out affair. Synonyms. extended. lengthy.
What is drawing in grammar?
countable noun. A drawing is a picture made with a pencil or pen. She did a drawing of me. [ + of] Synonyms: picture, illustration, representation, cartoon More Synonyms of drawing.
What is drawing with example?
The act or an instance of drawing. The act of one that draws; specif., the art of representing something by lines made on a surface with a pencil, pen, etc. A picture, design, sketch, etc.
How do you use draw a line in a sentence?
to never do something because you think it is wrong: I swear a lot, but even I draw the line at saying certain words.
How do you use blank in a sentence?
His daughter gave him a blank look. I'm sorry, but my mind is a blank. I came round in hospital and did not know where I was. Everything was a complete blank.
What does it mean to get blank?
to forget something that you know, often temporarily: I went blank and couldn't think of a single example.
What does it mean to be a blank canvas?
blank canvas (plural blank canvases or blank canvasses) (figuratively) Something with no content, upon which one can easily impose or project one's point of view. quotations ▼ After his ex-wife moved out, his life was a blank canvas.
What are the 3 types of drawing?
Types of Drawing
They can be broken down into three different types: realistic, symbolic, and expressive modes of drawing.
What is blank example?
Example Sentences
Adjective a blank sheet of paper a book with blank pages Noun The form has a blank for your signature. The actors are shooting blanks. Verb The goalie blanked the Falcons for two periods in the hockey game.
What is blanking and deep drawing?
Deep drawing is a form of metal forming, where rigid tools such as punch [1], die [2] and blank holder [3] is used. The blank is placed between the die and the holder and then deformed by the punch pushing the sheet into the die and the blank finally assumes the shape of the die.
What is blank in deep drawing process?
Similar to sheet metal cutting, the clearance is the lateral distance between the die edge and punch edge. The sheet metal, called a blank, is placed over the opening of the die, where a blank holder surrounding the punch applies pressure to the entire surface of the metal, except the area under the punch.
