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Patch   /pætʃ/   Listen
Patch

noun
1.
A small contrasting part of something.  Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot.  "A leopard's spots" , "A patch of clouds" , "Patches of thin ice" , "A fleck of red"
2.
A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.  Synonyms: plot, plot of ground, plot of land.  "A cabbage patch" , "A briar patch"
3.
A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.
4.
A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.  Synonyms: piece, spell, while.  "I need to rest for a piece" , "A spell of good weather" , "A patch of bad weather"
5.
A short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.
6.
A connection intended to be used for a limited time.  Synonym: temporary hookup.
7.
Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment).  Synonyms: darn, mend.
8.
A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.  Synonym: eyepatch.
9.
A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body.  Synonym: bandage.
verb
(past & past part. patched; pres. part. patching)
1.
To join or unite the pieces of.  Synonym: piece.
2.
Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.
3.
Mend by putting a patch on.  Synonym: patch up.
4.
Repair by adding pieces.  Synonym: piece.



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"Patch" Quotes from Famous Books



... gardener's interval of paradise when flowers grow faster than the weeds among them. Harrison Miller, having rolled his lawn through all of April, was heard abroad in the early mornings with the lawn mower or hoe in hand was to be seen behind his house in his vegetable patch. ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... upon deck once more, and crept aft under the shadow of the bulwarks. They were almost there when De Catinat stopped suddenly and ground out an oath through his clenched teeth. Between them and the rope ladder there was standing in a dim patch of murky light the grim figure of a Franciscan friar. He was peering through the darkness, his heavy cowl shadowing his face, and he advanced slowly as if he had caught a glimpse of them. A lantern hung from the mizzen shrouds above ...
— The Refugees • Arthur Conan Doyle
... meadow lane, Laughing at bruise and scratch; Come, with your hands all rich with stain Fresh from the blackberry patch; Come where the orchard spreads its store And the breath of the clover greets; Quick! they are waiting you here once more,— Grandfather's ...
— Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse • Joseph C. Lincoln
... it trace the noble thoughts of great men, till it finds them mouldered into the common dust of conversation, and used to stop men's mouths, and patch up theories, to keep out the flaws of opinion. Such, for example, are all popular adages and wise proverbs, which are now resolved into the common mass of thought; their authors forgotten, and having no more an individual ...
— Hyperion • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
... into a lot of brush and blackberry bushes that are down there, and just then I got that back knot untied, and I stepped over and looked down at Mr. Dog, who had lodged in a brier patch on a shelf about ten feet below the edge, where Mr. Man would have to get him up with ...
— How Mr. Rabbit Lost his Tail • Albert Bigelow Paine


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