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patch
/pætʃ/
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What does patch mean?
noun
- 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 piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- 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.
More meanings (26)
noun
- A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
- A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
- 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 cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.
- 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 cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
- A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
- A butterfly of the genus Chlosyne.
- (historical) 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.
- (historical) An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
- (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
verb
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
- To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
- To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
- To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
- To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
- To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
- To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
- To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/pætʃ/
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Oscar stopped the horses and waved to Carl, who caught up his hat and ran through the melon patch to join them.
There was a desperate tangle of wood and water and a swampy patch we never should have found our way across alone.
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“Yes! He was lying there, sound asleep on the floor, with his old patch on his eye and his arms spread out.”
I saw him administer a dose of the raw brandy to M’ling, and saw the five figures melt into one vague patch.
Beneath it was a shadowy shape in the patch of gloom which the moon threw far out upon the softly eddying water.