A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
Infertile semen.
A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word
Blank verse .
Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee .
A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
A space to be filled in on a form or template.
A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up 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 .
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 .
An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
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.
To make void; to erase.
To ignore (a person) deliberately.
To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
To become blank.
To be temporarily unable to remember.
To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
Absolute; downright; sheer.
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.
A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
A local region of professional responsibility.
A piece of material used to cover a wound.
An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.