'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

Words containing 'Patch'