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Patch

patʃ

Patch definitions
noun
patch patches
  1. a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point

    "the jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows"

    piece of cloth/material/fabric/leather reinforcement
    • a pad or shield worn over a sightless or injured eye
    • a piece of cloth sewn on to clothing as a badge or distinguishing mark

      "on his sleeve there was a red ‘Freedom’ patch"

    • an adhesive piece of drug-impregnated material worn on the skin so that the drug may be absorbed gradually over a period of time

      "once the patch is removed, the drug clears from the body tissue after twenty minutes"

    • a small disc of black silk worn attached to the face for adornment by women in the 17th and 18th centuries
  2. a part of something marked out from the rest by a particular characteristic

    "his hair was combed forward to hide a growing bald patch"

    blotch mark pop spot smudge dot speck speckle smear stain streak stripe blemish
    • a small area or amount of something

      "patches of bluebells in the grass"

  3. a small piece of ground, especially one used for gardening

    "they spent Sundays digging their vegetable patch"

    plot area piece strip row lot tract parcel
    • an area for which someone is responsible or in which they operate

      "we didn't want any secret organizations on our patch"

  4. a particular period of time

    "he may have been going through a bad patch"

    period time spell phase stretch interval
  5. a temporary electrical or telephone connection
    • a preset configuration or sound data file in an electronic musical instrument, especially a synthesizer

      "the guitar player has a certain patch on his FX which he's happy with"

  6. a small piece of code inserted into a program to improve its functioning or to correct a fault

    "a program patch that fixes a bug"

verb
patch patched patches patching
  1. mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch

    "her jeans were neatly patched"

    mend repair put a patch on cover sew sew up stitch stitch up
    • place a patch over (a good eye) in order to encourage a lazy eye to work

      "the amblyopia may be treated by patching the good eye"

    • cover small areas of (a surface) with something different, causing it to appear variegated

      "the grass was patched with sandy stretches"

  2. treat someone's injuries or repair the damage to something in an improvised way

    "they did their best to patch up the gaping wounds"

    repair mend fix hastily do a makeshift repair on repair/fix temporarily
    • construct something hastily from unsuitable components

      "lean-tos patched together from aluminium siding and planks"

    • restore peaceful or friendly relations after a quarrel or dispute

      "any ill feeling could be patched up with a phone call"

  3. connect by a temporary electrical, radio, or telephonic connection

    "patch me through to number nine"

  4. improve or correct (a routine or program) by inserting a patch

    "had he patched our system to recognize a magic password?"