'Patch' definitions:
Definition of 'patch'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation]
noun
A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch]
noun
A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
noun
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" [syn: while, piece, spell, patch]
noun
A short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
noun
A connection intended to be used for a limited time [syn: temporary hookup, patch]
noun
Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" [syn: mend, patch, darn]
noun
A protective cloth covering for an injured eye [syn: eyepatch, patch]
noun
A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body [syn: bandage, patch]
verb
To join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" [syn: patch, piece]
verb
Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"
verb
Mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" [syn: patch, patch up]
verb
Repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" [syn: piece, patch]
Definition of 'Patch'
From: GCIDE
- Patch \Patch\ (p[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched (p[a^]cht); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches. [1913 Webster]
- Ladies who patched both sides of their faces. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Patch'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Patches set upon a little breach. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty. [1913 Webster]
- Your black patches you wear variously. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Gun.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn. [1913 Webster]
- Employed about this patch of ground. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mil.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. [Obs. or Colloq.] "Thou scurvy patch." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'patch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Patch'
- Patched,
- Patching,
- Patchingly,
- patch up,
- Mineral patch,
- Mucous patches,
- Patch Grove,
- Patch ice,
- Peyer's patches,
- Soft patch,
- brier patch,
- estradiol patch,
- patch pocket,
- patch test,
- peyer's patch,
- shoulder patch,
- skin patch,
- soul patch,
- transdermal patch,
- vegetable patch,
- Patch Grove, WI,
- Powder-down patch