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Patch Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Patch? [n] a protective cloth covering for an injured eye [n] sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment [n] a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole [n] a connection intended to be used for a limited time [n] 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" [n] a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program [n] a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [v] repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" [v] mend or supply with a patch; "patch a hole" [v] to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" [v] provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Patch: dapple \| eyepatch \| fleck \| maculation \| mend \| patch up \| piece \| piece \| plot \| plot of ground \| speckle \| spot \| temporary hookup Related Terms \| Find terms related to Patch: actinic ray \| actinism \| area \| atomic beam \| atomic ray \| aviation badge \| badge \| bailiwick \| bar \| bat out \| beam \| beam of light \| birthmark \| blaze \| blemish \| block \| bloodstain \| blot \| blotch \| blur \| botch \| brand \| bring to terms \| bungle \| bury the hatchet \| caste mark \| check \| checkmark \| chevron \| chicken \| chip \| cicatrix \| clearing \| clos \| close \| cobble \| come to terms \| commission \| condition \| corn field \| cover \| croft \| crumb \| cultivated land \| cut \| dab \| dapple \| dappledness \| dappleness \| darn \| dash off \| daub \| discoloration \| do anyhow \| do by halves \| do carelessly \| do offhand \| do up \| doctor \| dot \| dottedness \| eagle \| earmark \| enclave \| engraving \| epaulet \| episode \| experience \| eyesore \| fake up \| field \| fix \| fix up \| fleck \| flick \| flyspeck \| forty \| freckle \| freckliness \| fudge up \| gamma ray \| gash \| gleam \| graving \| ground \| hack \| hash mark \| hayfield \| heal \| Hershey bar \| improvise \| infrared ray \| insignia of branch \| interval \| invisible radiation \| jot \| jury-rig \| knock off \| knock out \| knock together \| knock up \| kraal \| lash up \| leam \| lentigo \| lot \| macula \| maculation \| macule \| mark \| marking \| mend \| mole \| morceau \| morsel \| mottle \| mottledness \| nevus \| nick \| nip \| notch \| oak leaf \| organization insignia \| overhaul \| overseas bar \| pad \| paddy \| pale \| parachute badge \| parcel \| parcel of land \| patch together \| patch up \| pencil \| period \| photon \| piece \| piece of land \| pip \| plat \| plot \| plot of ground \| point \| pointillage \| pointillism \| polka dot \| pound out \| prick \| puncture \| put in commission \| put in order \| put in repair \| put in shape \| quad \| quadrangle \| radiation \| radiorays \| ray \| ray of light \| ready \| real estate \| rebuild \| recap \| reconcile \| recondition \| reconstruct \| reinforce \| reinforcement \| repair \| resolve \| responsibility \| retread \| revamp \| ribbon \| ribbon of light \| rice paddy \| rough out \| roughcast \| roughhew \| scar \| scarification \| score \| scotch \| scrap \| scratch \| scratching \| section \| segment \| service \| service stripe \| set right \| set straight \| set to rights \| settle \| sew up \| shiver \| shoulder patch \| shoulder sleeve insignia \| shred \| slap up \| sliver \| smear \| smirch \| smithereen \| smouch \| smudge \| smut \| smutch \| snick \| snip \| snippet \| solar rays \| spatter \| speck \| speckle \| speckliness \| spell \| splash \| splatter \| splinter \| splotch \| spot \| spottedness \| spottiness \| spread eagle \| square \| stage \| stain \| star \| stigma \| stipple \| stippledness \| stippling \| stitch \| straighten out \| strawberry mark \| streak \| stream \| stream of light \| streamer \| stripe \| submarine badge \| tag \| taint \| tarnish \| tatter \| tattoo \| tattoo mark \| territory \| throw off \| throw together \| tick \| time \| tinker \| tinker up \| tittle \| toss off \| toss out \| toss together \| tract \| trifle with \| ultraviolet ray \| vamp \| violet ray \| watermark \| wheat field \| whomp up \| X ray See Also \| bed \| bushel \| cloth covering \| computer program \| computer programme \| conciliate \| conjoin \| connecter \| connection \| connective \| connector \| connexion \| contrivance \| doctor \| fix \| furbish up \| furnish \| garden \| join \| lash-up \| macula \| macule \| make up \| marking \| mend \| nebula \| parcel \| parcel of land \| pasties \| piece of cloth \| piece of ground \| piece of land \| piece of material \| pinpoint \| plaque \| program \| programme \| provide \| reconcile \| render \| repair \| restore \| settle \| sewing \| shoulder patch \| speck \| stitchery \| supply \| touch on \| tract \| vamp \| vamp up Patch In Webster's Dictionary \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. --Shak. 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. --Beau. & Fl. 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. --Bunyan. 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\, 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. --Spectator. 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.

Patch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Patch?

[n] a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
[n] sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment
[n] a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
[n] a connection intended to be used for a limited time
[n] 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"
[n] a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
[n] a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
[v] repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
[v] mend or supply with a patch; "patch a hole"
[v] to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
[v] provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"

Patch In Webster's Dictionary

\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.     --Shak.

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. --Beau. & Fl.

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.  --Bunyan.

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\, 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.
                                               --Spectator.

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.

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