patch

[patch]

When you patch something, you repair it, like when you patch a hole in the knee of your favorite jeans or when road crews use asphalt to patch a pothole in the street.

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

Noun
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

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a protective cloth covering for an injured eye

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sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"

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a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole

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a connection intended to be used for a limited time

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Noun
a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard''s spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

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a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program

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a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"

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a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"

Verb
repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"

Verb
mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"

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to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

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provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

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A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

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A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

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A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

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Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

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A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

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A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

v. t.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

v. t.
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.

v. t.
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

v. t.
To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.

Patch

Patch , n. [OE. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. E. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.] 1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

Patches set upon a little breach.

2. Hence: A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. 3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

Your black patches you wear variously.

4. (Gun.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. 5. Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

Employed about this patch of ground.

6. (Mil.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. 7. A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. [Obs. or Colloq.] "Thou scurvy patch." Shak. Patch ice, ice in overlapping pieces in the sea. -- Soft patch, a patch for covering a crack in a metallic vessel, as a steam boiler, consisting of soft material, as putty, covered and held in place by a plate bolted or riveted fast.

Patch

Patch , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.] 1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat. 2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house. 3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

Ladies who patched both sides of their faces.

4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce. "If you'll patch a quarrel." Shak.

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

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Usage Examples

Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.

Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.

Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There's something very powerful about finding snow in summer.